Soccer Preview: Concord vs. Lake Norman Charter
Concord has gone 7-0 against Lake Norman Charter recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Concord Spiders are taking a road trip to square off against the Lake Norman Charter Knights at 6:00 p.m. Concord's defense has only allowed 0.5 goals per game this season, so Lake Norman Charter's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Concord's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against South Rowan as Concord made off with a 3-0 win. Given the Spiders' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 121st, while the Raiders are ranked 286th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, for the first time since back in September, Lake Norman Charter was forced to settle for a draw on Monday. Neither they nor Robinson could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 2-2 draw.
Concord is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which somehow still isn't as good as their 16-2-4 record this season. Lake Norman Charter's draw gives them a new season record of 7-8-4.
Concord beat Lake Norman Charter by a goal when the teams last played back in September, winning 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Concord since the team 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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