Soccer Preview: South Fork vs. Del Norte
South Fork hasn't had much luck against Del Norte recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The South Fork Cubs will challenge the Del Norte Warriors at 4:00 p.m.
South Fork is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against McKinleyville on Saturday. South Fork fell just short of McKinleyville by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Cubs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Panthers are ranked 14th).
Meanwhile, Del Norte had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Crusaders an 11-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Warriors, who have now won seven contests by three goals or more so far this season.
This is the second loss in a row for South Fork and nudges their season record down to 3-11-1. As for Del Norte, their victory bumped their record up to 14-3-2.
South Fork suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to Del Norte when the teams last played last Thursday. Can South Fork avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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