Soccer Preview: Shelby vs. Burns
Shelby has gone 9-1 against Burns recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Shelby Golden Lions will welcome the Burns Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. Shelby is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
If Burns heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Shelby took over last week. Shelby won by a goal and slipped past Thomas Jefferson 3-2. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Golden Lions' disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 312th, while the Gryphons are ranked 103rd).
Shelby hit Thomas Jefferson with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Geo Arce,
Jose Altunar Lopez, and
Eser Lopez-Gomez.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Burns). They blew past East Gaston 9-2 on Monday. Considering the Bulldogs have won ten matches by more than three goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
The win got Shelby back to even at 7-7-2. As for Burns, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 11-2-1.
Shelby suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Burns in their previous matchup back in September. Will Shelby have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.
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