Concord has gone 9-1 against East Rowan recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Concord Spiders will square off against the East Rowan Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. Concord is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season.
Concord is headed into the match having not lost since August 28 and will look to keep things rolling. Their defense stepped up to hand Central Cabarrus a 2-0 shutout on Wednesday. Given the Spiders' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 101st, while the Vikings are ranked 203rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Peyton Phaneuf and
Carlos Javier-Ruiz scored both of Concord's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
Meanwhile, East Rowan hadn't done well against Robinson recently (they were 0-7 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. East Rowan came out on top in a nail-biter against Robinson , sneaking past 2-1. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Mustangs were the better team in the second half.
Concord's record now sits at 14-1-4. As for East Rowan, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-10-3.
Everything went Concord's way against East Rowan in their previous meeting back in September, as Concord made off with a 7-2 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Concord 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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