Soccer Preview: Palisades vs. Olympic
The Palisades Pumas will venture away from home to face off against the Olympic Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Palisades is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.9 goals per game this season.
Palisades is headed into Tuesday's game hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They fell just short of South Mecklenburg by a score of 2-1 on Thursday.
Palisades' goal came courtesy of
Ben Vergara, who's now up to 12 this season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Olympic, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Wednesday. They blew past Ballantyne Ridge 4-1 on Thursday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Trojans needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Palisades' loss dropped their record down to 11-6. As for Olympic, their victory bumped their record up to 6-9-1.
Palisades took their win against Olympic in their previous meeting on October 2nd by a conclusive 5-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Palisades since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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