Soccer Preview: Palisades vs. Ashbrook
The Palisades Pumas are on the road again on Thursday to play the Ashbrook Greenwave at 6:00 p.m. Palisades is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.8 goals per game this season.
Palisades will head into Tuesday's match after some sweet revenge against Sun Valley: Palisades couldn't quite topple Sun Valley on Tuesday, but it was still a huge improvement compared to the three-goal defeat they took when the two last played. Palisades was the clear victor by a 4-1 margin over Sun Valley. Given the Pumas' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 90th, while the Spartans are ranked 377th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Palisades hit Sun Valley with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Derrick Berrios,
Yerik Orellana, and
Ryan Kauffman.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ashbrook). Their defense stepped up to hand Berry a 2-0 shutout last Tuesday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Greenwave were the better team in the second half.
Palisades' record now sits at 4-1. As for Ashbrook, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
Everything went Palisades' way against Ashbrook in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as Palisades made off with an 8-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Palisades since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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