Soccer Game Preview: Salem vs. Rockdale County

By Team Reports Mar 16, 2024, 7:39am

Preview: Salem vs. Rockdale County

Salem is 0-3 against Rockdale County since April of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Salem Seminoles will head out on the road to challenge the Rockdale County Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Sadly, Salem is still looking for their first win of the season after seven games. They fell just short of Southwest DeKalb by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Rockdale County fell victim to Hebron Christian and their airtight defense on Friday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 5-0 walloping at the hands of the Lions. While losing is never fun, Rockdale County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 280th, while Hebron Christian is ranked 46th).

Salem's defeat dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Rockdale County, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-4-1.

Salem might still be hurting after the 11-1 loss they got from Rockdale County in their previous meeting back in March of 2019. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Salem was down 6-1.

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