The Conard Red Wolves will venture away from home to take on the Middletown Blue Dragons at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Conard has four straight victories, Middletown has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Conard is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Manchester an 11-0 shutout on Wednesday. Given Conard's advantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut soccer rankings (they are ranked 35th, while Manchester are ranked 132nd), the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Middletown's offense. They came up short against Haddam-Killingworth, falling 4-0.
Conard's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Middletown, they have now lost six of their last seven games at home. That leaves them at a 1-4 record this season.
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