Soccer Preview: Palisades vs. Ardrey Kell
Palisades hasn't had much luck against Ardrey Kell recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Palisades Pumas will look to defend their home pitch against the Ardrey Kell Knights at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Ardrey Kell is hoping to do what Olympic couldn't on Wednesday: put an end to Palisades' winning streak, which now stands at three games. Palisades' defense stepped up to hand Olympic a 5-0 shutout. Given the Pumas' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Trojans are ranked 299th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Palisades hit Olympic with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Charles Odugba (2),
Derrick Berrios (2), and
Ben Vergara.
Meanwhile, Ardrey Kell hasn't lost a match since September 5th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Olympic with a sharp 4-0 win. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Knights were the better team in the second half.
Palisades is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Ardrey Kell, their victory bumped their record up to 11-1-4.
Palisades suffered a grim 5-2 defeat to Ardrey Kell when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Palisades avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
