Soccer Preview: Greene Central vs. West Craven
Greene Central has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will venture away from home to take on the West Craven Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Greene Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.8 goals per game this season.
If West Craven heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Greene Central took over last week. Greene Central never let Farmville Central onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory on Thursday. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Jaguars are ranked 331st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Josh Osorio and
Miguel Zavala scored both of Greene Central's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 43 goals.
Meanwhile, West Craven was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They lost 9-0 to Farmville Central. That's two games in a row now that the Eagles have lost by exactly nine goals.
Greene Central pushed their record up to 15-3 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. As for West Craven, their loss dropped their record down to 2-14.
Everything went Greene Central's way against West Craven in their previous matchup back in September, as Greene Central made off with a 9-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Greene Central since the squad 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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