Soccer Preview: J.H. Rose vs. Jacksonville
The J.H. Rose Rampants have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Jacksonville Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
J.H. Rose is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Havelock onto the board and left with a 7-0 victory on Wednesday. Considering the Rampants have won five games by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Havelock from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Julius Jones led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Jacksonville waltzed into their match on Monday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They put the hurt on the Monarchs with a sharp 3-0 win. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 84th, while the Monarchs are ranked 271st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
J.H. Rose pushed their record up to 7-5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Jacksonville, their win bumped their record up to 7-4-2.
J.H. Rose took their victory against Jacksonville when the teams last played back in November of 2023 by a conclusive 5-0. Will J.H. Rose repeat their success, or does Jacksonville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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