Soccer Preview: Southside vs. Lejeune
On Monday Southside will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will venture away from home to challenge the Lejeune Devil Pups at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Southside's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Pamlico County as Southside made off with a 9-0 win. The Seahawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by four goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Pamlico County from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Henry Rocha Padilla led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Lejeune had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.2 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Wednesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Trojans. Give the Devil Pups' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Southside is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season. As for Lejeune, they pushed their record up to 8-5-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
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