Apex Friendship and Apex are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but likely not for long. The Apex Friendship Patriots will look to defend their home pitch on Thursday against the Apex Cougars at 6:30 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Apex Friendship came up short against Green Hope on Tuesday, falling 4-1. 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 65th, while the Falcons are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Apex ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Panther Creek a 1-0 shutout. The Cougars wouldn't have won without Rohit Sodem, who scored the game-winner.
Apex Friendship has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-8-1 record this season. As for Apex, their win bumped their record up to 5-6-3.
Apex Friendship skirted past Apex 3-2 when the teams last played back in September. Will Apex Friendship repeat their success, or does Apex have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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