Soccer Preview: Western Guilford vs. East Forsyth
The Western Guilford Hornets will venture away from home to take on the East Forsyth Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Western Guilford is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.8 goals per game this season.
Western Guilford's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 9-0 margin over Northeast Guilford. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 235th, while the Rams are ranked 471st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Western Guilford's offense was hitting Northeast Guilford from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Abisai Carmona led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, East Forsyth put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their undefeated season alive. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Williams. That's two games straight that the Eagles have won by just one goal.
The win got Western Guilford back to even at 4-4. As for East Forsyth, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-0-1.
Western Guilford came up short against East Forsyth in their previous meeting back in August of 2021, falling 2-0. Can Western Guilford avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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