Soccer Preview: Northern Durham vs. Riverside-Durham
Northern Durham and Riverside-Durham are an even 3-3-4 against one another since August of 2018, but likely not for long. The Northern Durham Knights and the Riverside-Durham Pirates are set to duel on Thursday. Northern Durham's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Last Tuesday, Northern Durham didn't have quite enough to beat Chapel Hill and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 423rd, while the Tigers are ranked 180th).
Northern Durham's goal came courtesy of
Derrick Corea, who's now up to two this season.
Meanwhile, Riverside-Durham didn't have quite enough to beat East Chapel Hill on Tuesday and fell 3-2. The Pirates haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Northern Durham's loss dropped their record down to 1-8-2. As for Riverside-Durham, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5-3.
Northern Durham came up short against Riverside-Durham when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Northern Durham avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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