Soccer Preview: West Forsyth vs. East Forsyth
West Forsyth has gone 8-1-1 against East Forsyth recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The West Forsyth Titans will look to defend their home pitch against the East Forsyth Eagles at 7:00 p.m. West Forsyth will be looking to keep their nine-game home win streak alive.
West Forsyth is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering R.J. Reynolds just ended the team's 17-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Demons by a score of 3-2. The match was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but the Titans couldn't quite close it out.
Joshua Medel-Ayala and
Peyton Hopkinson scored both of West Forsyth's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 15 goals.
Meanwhile, East Forsyth won against R.J. Reynolds on Monday with three goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Wednesday. East Forsyth had just enough and edged Glenn out 3-2. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Bobcats are ranked 152nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Having lost for the first time this season, West Forsyth fell to 19-1-1. As for East Forsyth, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3-2 record this season.
West Forsyth beat East Forsyth by a goal in their previous meeting back in September, winning 3-2. Will West Forsyth repeat their success, or does East Forsyth have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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