Soccer Preview: Harrisburg vs. Carterville
Harrisburg is 2-8 against Carterville since September of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Harrisburg Bulldogs will venture away from home to challenge the Carterville Lions at 6:30 p.m. Harrisburg is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.8 goals per game this season.
Harrisburg took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Pinckneyville as Harrisburg made off with a 7-2 victory. It was an even better day for Ray Chandler as he scored four goals for his team.
Meanwhile, Carterville came up short against Murphysboro on Thursday and fell 5-3. That's two games in a row now that the Lions have lost by exactly two goals.
The win got Harrisburg back to even at 2-2. As for Carterville, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Harrisburg suffered a grim 7-2 defeat to Carterville in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Harrisburg was down 5-1.
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