Soccer Preview: Athens Drive vs. Cardinal Gibbons
The Athens Drive Jaguars have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Athens Drive's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Athens Drive's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Leesville Road on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to the Pride. That's two games in a row now that the Jaguars have lost by exactly three goals.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Gibbons kept a clean sheet against Broughton on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Capitals. The win was all the more spectacular given the Crusaders' disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Capitals are ranked 17th).
Athens Drive's loss dropped their record down to 5-11-1. As for Cardinal Gibbons, their victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 7-9-2.
Athens Drive came out on top in a nail-biter against Cardinal Gibbons in their previous matchup on October 10th, sneaking past 2-1. Will Athens Drive repeat their success, or does Cardinal Gibbons have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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