Soccer Preview: Greenfield vs. Cape Fear Academy
Greenfield is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Cape Fear Academy is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Greenfield Knights will host the Cape Fear Academy Hurricanes at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Greenfield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.8 goals per game this season.
On Monday, everything went Greenfield's way against Liberty Christian Academy as Greenfield made off with a 7-2 victory. The result was nothing new for the Knights, who have now won eight matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Liberty Christian Academy from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Landyn Coolbaugh led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Cape Fear Academy won against Wayne Country Day on Wednesday with two goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Friday. Cape Fear Academy beat North Raleigh Christian Academy by a goal, winning 2-1. Given the Hurricanes' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Knights are ranked 285th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Greenfield's win bumped their record up to 11-6-1. As for Cape Fear Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3-1 record this season.
Greenfield came up short against Cape Fear Academy in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 3-1. Will Greenfield have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other soccer content.
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