Soccer Preview: Northumberland vs. Rappahannock
Northumberland is 2-8 against Rappahannock since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Northumberland Indians will head out on the road to face off against the Rappahannock Raiders at 7:00 p.m. Northumberland will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Virginia Rankings (they are ranked 227th, while Rappahannock is ranked 60th).
On Monday, it was a hard-fought game, but Northumberland had to settle for a 3-2 defeat against Lancaster.
Meanwhile, Rappahannock entered their tilt with Lancaster with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Red Devils on Wednesday as they made off with a 7-1 victory. Rappahannock might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won four contests by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Lancaster from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Juan Dominguez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Northumberland's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Rappahannock, their win bumped their record up to 7-2.
Northumberland suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Rappahannock in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Northumberland avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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