Soccer Preview: North Charleston vs. Hanahan
North Charleston is 0-8 against Hanahan since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The North Charleston Cougars have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Hanahan Hawks at 7:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Friday, North Charleston suffered a rough 4-1 loss at the hands of Philip Simmons. While losing is never fun, North Charleston can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 125th, while Philip Simmons is ranked 30th).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Hanahan was not quite Philip Simmons' equal in the second half on Thursday. While the 0-0 score might suggest a draw, it was the Iron Horses who were credited with the victory. Philip Simmons got it done in the shootout by posting six goals to Hanahan's five. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Hanahan in their matchups with Philip Simmons: they've now lost three in a row.
North Charleston's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Hanahan, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-5-4.
North Charleston might still be hurting after the 8-1 loss they got from Hanahan in their previous meeting back in March. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point North Charleston was down 7-1.
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