Soccer Preview: Wakefield vs. Heritage
The Wakefield Wolverines will challenge the Heritage Huskies at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Wakefield is looking to tack on another W to their seven-game streak on the road.
Wakefield is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Millbrook on Thursday. Wakefield fell just short of Millbrook by a score of 2-1. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Wolverines came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Wildcats are ranked 41st).
Wakefield's goal came courtesy of
Zayd Dahir, who's now up to five this season.
Meanwhile, Heritage kept a clean sheet against Wake Forest on Thursday. They had just enough and edged the Cougars out 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Huskies were the better team in the second half.
Wakefield's loss dropped their record down to 15-3. As for Heritage, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which lines up perfectly with their 13-4-1 record this season.
Wakefield was able to grind out a solid victory over Heritage when the teams last played on October 2nd, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wakefield 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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