Soccer Preview: Burns vs. East Rutherford
The Burns Bulldogs will face off against the East Rutherford Cavaliers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. East Rutherford took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Burns, who comes in off a win.
Burns headed into their last match having not scored more than one goal for four straight, but Cherryville let them put that streak behind them. Burns never let Cherryville onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory on Monday. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 matchups by four goals or more this season.
Burns was without their leading scorer, Pablo Garcia, in Monday's game. With Garcia sidelined, Alejandro Garcia got his first action of the season.
Meanwhile, East Rutherford was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against Brevard, falling 4-1. While losing is never fun, the Cavaliers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 354th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 98th).
The win snapped Burns' losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 12-6-1 record. As for East Rutherford, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-11-1.
Burns took their victory against East Rutherford in their previous matchup back in August by a conclusive 5-1. Will Burns repeat their success, or does East Rutherford have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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