Soccer Preview: Smithfield-Selma vs. East Wake
Smithfield-Selma has been on the road for two straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They and the East Wake Warriors are set to duel. Smithfield-Selma is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Smithfield-Selma is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against C.B. Aycock on Wednesday. Smithfield-Selma fell just short of C.B. Aycock by a score of 2-1. The loss continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Golden Falcons: they've now lost six in a row.
Smithfield-Selma's goal came courtesy of
Diego Aleman, who's now up to seven this season.
Meanwhile, East Wake had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Trojans with a sharp 4-1 victory. The Warriors found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: Connor Tew and Andrew Garzaro were both handed yellow cards.
Smithfield-Selma now has a losing record at 5-6-1. As for East Wake, their win bumped their record up to 6-8-1.
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