Soccer Preview: Lumberton vs. Stafford
The Lumberton Raiders will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Stafford Spartans at 5:00 p.m. Lumberton is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
With a playoff game on the line, Lumberton rose to the challenge on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Falcons a 2-0 shutout. Two seems to be a good number for Lumberton as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Andrew Hansen and
Luke Cody, who scored both of Lumberton's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 24 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Stafford waltzed into their match on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They put the hurt on the Sandcrabs with a sharp 3-0 win. Stafford's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three contests.
Lumberton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4-3 record this season. As for Stafford, their victory bumped their record up to 19-4-3.
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