Soccer Preview: Freedom vs. South Caldwell
The Freedom Patriots will face off against the South Caldwell Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Freedom is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals last Wednesday, they were much more limited against Hibriten on Wednesday. They lost 6-0 to the Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 342nd, while the Panthers are ranked 67th).
Meanwhile, South Caldwell started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Hickory. They fell just short of the Red Tornadoes by a score of 3-2 on September 11th.
Freedom's defeat dropped their record down to 4-7. As for South Caldwell, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-3-1.
Freedom took their win against South Caldwell in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 7-2. In that contest, Freedom amassed a halftime lead of 6-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Monday.
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