The Lumberton Raiders will head out on the road to challenge the Vidor Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Lumberton comes in on six and Vidor on five.
Lumberton can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent contest on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Jasper a 3-0 shutout. Given Lumberton's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 307th, while Jasper is ranked 787th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lumberton was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Jaxan Tallina and
Reece Davis, who scored all three of Lumberton's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 12 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Vidor put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Silsbee with a sharp 6-1 victory. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but Vidor was the better team in the second half.
Lumberton's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2-5. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 16 goals over those three contests. As for Vidor, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 10-5-2 record this season.
Everything went Lumberton's way against Vidor in their previous matchup back in January as Lumberton made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lumberton 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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