Scotland hasn't had much luck against Union Pines recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Fighting Scots will head out on the road to square off against the Vikings at 6:00 p.m. Scotland has given up an average of 9.5 goals per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Scotland is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Tuesday. They lost 8-1 to Southern Lee. While losing is never fun, Scotland can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 420th, while Southern Lee are ranked 104th).
Scotland's goal came courtesy of Marley Ward, which was the first she's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Union Pines had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They never let the Yellow Jackets get on the board and left with a 1-0 victory. The game snapped a strange streak: the last five times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Scotland's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Union Pines, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-3-1.
Scotland suffered a grim 14-0 defeat to Union Pines when the teams last played back in March. Can the Fighting Scots avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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