Soccer Preview: Statesville vs. St. Stephens
The Statesville Greyhounds will challenge the St. Stephens Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Statesville's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for nine straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Statesville's offense might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against North Iredell on Wednesday. They fell 2-0 to the Raiders. While losing is never fun, the Greyhounds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 417th, while the Raiders are ranked 96th).
Meanwhile, St. Stephens lost 4-1 to East Lincoln on Wednesday. One thing that didn't help the Indians' chances was the red card they were dealt courtesy of Nicholas Oberhofer.
St. Stephens' goal came courtesy of
Pedro Gonzalez, who's now up to three this season.
Statesville's defeat dropped their record down to 3-15-1. As for St. Stephens, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-11-2 record this season.
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