Soccer Preview: Riverside-Durham vs. Chapel Hill
Riverside-Durham is 1-6 against Chapel Hill since September of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Riverside-Durham Pirates will stay at home for another game and welcome the Chapel Hill Tigers at 6:45 p.m. Riverside-Durham is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season.
Riverside-Durham's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 8-0 margin over Hillside. It was an even better day for Luis Guilherme Bloch as he scored four goals for his team.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Chapel Hill challenged East Chapel Hill on Thursday. Chapel Hill narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past East Chapel Hill 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Tigers were the better team in the second half.
Riverside-Durham is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5-3 record this season. As for Chapel Hill, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-5.
Riverside-Durham beat Chapel Hill 3-1 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Will Riverside-Durham repeat their success, or does Chapel Hill have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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