Soccer Preview: Garner vs. Fuquay - Varina
Garner hasn't had much luck against Fuquay - Varina recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Garner Trojans are taking a road trip to take on the Fuquay - Varina Bengals at 6:30 p.m.
Garner is headed into Thursday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Monday. They lost 6-2 to Clayton. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 268th, while the Comets are ranked 45th).
Ignacio Anorve-Carbajal and
Adrian Montalvo scored both of Garner's goals, bringing their combined season tally to six goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fuquay - Varina). They put the hurt on Southeast Raleigh with a sharp 6-2 victory on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Bengals have won by exactly four goals.
Garner's loss dropped their record down to 1-6-1. As for Fuquay - Varina, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-8.
Garner suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Fuquay - Varina in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Garner avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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