The Wakefield Wolverines will head out to take on the Jordan Falcons at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday. Wakefield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.3 goals per game this season.
Wakefield will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Wednesday, then bounced right back against Riverside-Durham on Monday. Wakefield blew past Riverside-Durham 7-2. The result was nothing new for the Wolverines, who have now won seven matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Riverside-Durham from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Brooks Vice led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Jordan's offense. They lost 4-0 to Green Hope on Monday. While losing is never fun, Jordan can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 280th, while Green Hope is ranked third).
Wakefield pushed their record up to 8-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Jordan, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-6-2.
Wakefield skirted past Jordan 2-1 when the teams last played back in September of 2019. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wakefield since the team 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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