Soccer Preview: Asheville vs. Enka
Asheville is 10-0 against Enka since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Asheville Cougars will look to defend their home pitch against the Enka Jets at 6:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Enka is hoping to do on Wednesday what North Buncombe couldn't on Monday: put an end to Asheville's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Asheville's defense stepped up to hand North Buncombe a 9-0 shutout. Give Asheville's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting North Buncombe from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Lily Foo led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Enka had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They put the hurt on the Black Hawks with a sharp 5-0 victory. Enka's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three contests.
Asheville is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3-2 record this season. As for Enka, they pushed their record up to 8-9-2 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Asheville was able to grind out a solid victory over Enka in their previous matchup back in April, winning 2-0. Will Asheville repeat their success, or does Enka have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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