Soccer Preview: Leadership Academy vs. Carver
Leadership Academy is 5-0 against Carver since April of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Leadership Academy Falcons will head out on the road to take on the Carver Yellowjackets at 6:00 p.m. Given that both teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Leadership Academy will head out to face Carver after giving up their first home loss of the season last Tuesday. Leadership Academy's tough 6-3 defeat to Bishop McGuinness might stick with them for a while. It was the first time this season that Leadership Academy let down their fans at home.
They hit Bishop McGuinness with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Zoey Martin,
Panagiota Mellonas, and
Reagan Gauldin.
Meanwhile, after soaring to six goals the game before, Carver was a bit more limited in their contest on Monday. They fell victim to a rough 9-0 loss at the hands of Bishop McGuinness. While losing is never fun, Carver can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 434th, while Bishop McGuinness is ranked 180th).
Leadership Academy's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-3-1. As for Carver, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6.
Everything went Leadership Academy's way against Carver in their previous meeting back in March as Leadership Academy made off with an 11-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Leadership Academy 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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