Soccer Preview: Philip Simmons vs. North Charleston
The Philip Simmons Iron Horses will head out on the road to challenge the North Charleston Cougars at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Philip Simmons has four straight wins, North Charleston has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
In what's become a running theme this season, Philip Simmons gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 8-0 margin over Battery Creek. Eight seems to be a good number for Philip Simmons as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Their offense was hitting Battery Creek from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Tess Neary led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for North Charleston's offense. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 11-0 walloping at the hands of Battery Creek two weeks ago.
Philip Simmons is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-7-1 record this season. As for North Charleston, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Philip Simmons took their victory against North Charleston when the teams last played back in March by a conclusive 19-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Philip Simmons since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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