Soccer Recap: Raleigh Charter Takes a Loss

Raleigh Charter entered their game against Franklin Academy on Wednesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Phoenix fell just short of the Patriots by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, Raleigh Charter can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 182nd, while Franklin Academy are ranked 44th).

Raleigh Charter's defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 4-2. As for Franklin Academy, the victory (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 7-1.

Raleigh Charter didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next match, a 3-1 loss against NCSSM: Durham on the 8th. As for Franklin Academy, they have also already played their next contest, a 4-0 win against Neuse Charter on the 8th.