Soccer Preview: St. Pauls vs. Clinton
St. Pauls is 0-7 against Clinton since September of 2021 but things could change on Wednesday. The St. Pauls Bulldogs are on the road again to play the Clinton Dark Horses at 6:30 p.m.
St. Pauls fought the good fight in their overtime game against Red Springs on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Red Devils by a score of 4-3. While the Bulldogs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Red Devils 2-1 in the first half.
Meanwhile, Clinton waltzed into their match on Monday with five straight wins... but they left with six. Their defense stepped up to hand the Red Devils a 9-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Dark Horses, who have now won 12 contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Red Springs from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Oskar Adasiak led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
St. Pauls' defeat dropped their record down to 8-6-1. As for Clinton, they pushed their record up to 14-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road.
St. Pauls suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Clinton when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can St. Pauls avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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