Soccer Preview: Charlottesville vs. Smithfield
The Charlottesville Black Knights will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Smithfield Packers at 9:00 a.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Charlottesville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Loudoun County onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. Given Charlottesville's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 17th, while Loudoun County is ranked 94th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Charlottesville's one-goal win came courtesy of
Amin Zakari, who's now up to nine this season.
Meanwhile, Smithfield entered their tilt with Mechanicsville with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. Everything went their way against the Mustangs on Tuesday as they made off with a 4-1 victory. With Smithfield ahead 3-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Charlottesville has been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4-2 record this season. As for Smithfield, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-2.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
