Soccer Preview: Northern Durham vs. Southern Durham
Northern Durham is 9-1 against Southern Durham since March of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Northern Durham Knights will play host again on Friday to welcome the Southern Durham Spartans, where kickoff is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Northern Durham'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.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Northern Durham's offense. Their rough 9-0 defeat to Voyager on Tuesday might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Northern Durham can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 403rd, while Voyager is ranked 190th).
Meanwhile, Southern Durham has not done well against Durham School of the Arts recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Southern Durham sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Durham School of the Arts. The win made it back-to-back victories for Southern Durham.
Northern Durham's loss dropped their record down to 1-6-1. As for Southern Durham, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-5.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
