Soccer Preview: Jacksonville vs. J.H. Rose
Jacksonville has won five straight games at home, while J.H. Rose has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Jacksonville Cardinals will square off against the J.H. Rose Rampants at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Jacksonville is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let South Central onto the board and left with a 9-0 win on Wednesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Jacksonville's offense was hitting South Central from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Chase Crawford led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, everything went J.H. Rose's way against Havelock on Tuesday as J.H. Rose made off with a 6-0 win. Given the Rampants' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 72nd, while the Rams are ranked 416th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jacksonville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5-2 record this season. As for J.H. Rose, their victory bumped their record up to 15-5-1.
Jacksonville came up short against J.H. Rose when the teams last played back in October, falling 2-0. Will Jacksonville have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other soccer content.
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