Soccer Preview: Riverside-Durham vs. Hillside
Riverside-Durham is 9-1 against Hillside since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Riverside-Durham Pirates will be playing at home against the Hillside Hornets at 6:45 p.m. Riverside-Durham is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.
On Thursday, Riverside-Durham needed a bit of extra time to put away Northern Durham. They had just enough and edged the Knights out 2-1. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 114th, while the Knights are ranked 428th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gustavo Lagos and
John Feller scored both of Riverside-Durham's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 14 goals.
Meanwhile, Hillside was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They came up short against Jordan, falling 5-0.
Riverside-Durham now has a winning record of 6-5-3. As for Hillside, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8-1.
Riverside-Durham took their win against Hillside in their previous meeting last Thursday by a conclusive 7-3. In that contest, Riverside-Durham amassed a halftime lead of 5-2, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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