Soccer Preview: North Iredell vs. St. Stephens
The North Iredell Raiders will head out to challenge the St. Stephens Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. North Iredell is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
North Iredell's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They came out on top against Foard by a score of 2-0. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 104th, while the Tigers are ranked 245th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jayson Bonilla and
Brivan Burgess scored both of North Iredell's goals, bringing their combined season tally to six goals.
Meanwhile, St. Stephens' game on Monday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of West Iredell. The Indians have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
North Iredell has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4-3 record this season. As for St. Stephens, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-13-2.
Everything went North Iredell's way against St. Stephens in their previous matchup on October 7th, as North Iredell made off with a 5-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for North Iredell since the squad 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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