Soccer Preview: Myers Park vs. Palisades
Myers Park has won three straight games at home, while Palisades has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Wednesday. The Myers Park Mustangs will challenge the Palisades Pumas at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Myers Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Ballantyne Ridge onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory on Tuesday. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 13th, while Wolves are ranked 441st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
While Palisades didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-13), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They put the hurt on Berry with a sharp 6-1 win on Tuesday.
Palisades' offense was hitting Berry from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Derrick Berrios led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Myers Park's victory bumped their record up to 6-0-1. As for Palisades, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
Myers Park took their win against Palisades in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 8-0. Will Myers Park repeat their success, or does Palisades have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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