Soccer Preview: Piedmont vs. Parkwood
The Piedmont Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Parkwood Wolf Pack at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Piedmont's favor is that they have posted big goal totals in their last six matchups.
Piedmont stacked a 14th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 4-0 margin over Independence. Given Piedmont's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 109th, while Independence is ranked 233rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Parkwood fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back wins it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They won by a goal and slipped past Butler 2-1.
Piedmont pushed their record up to 15-3-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Parkwood, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-13 record this season.
Everything went Piedmont's way against Parkwood in their previous meeting back in April as Piedmont made off with a 7-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Piedmont since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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