The Gate City Blue Devils will venture away from home to square off against the Abingdon Falcons at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Gate City took a loss when they played away from home last Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They never let Union get on the board and left with a 7-0 win. Given Gate City's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 31st, while Union are ranked 229th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gate City's offense was hitting Union from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Walker Hillman led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Abingdon hasn't lost a match since April 14th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Central Wise as they made off with an 8-0 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Abingdon considering their one-goal performance the contest before.
Abingdon has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 10-4-1 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those five matches. As for Gate City, their victory bumped their record up to 13-1.
Gate City came out on top in a nail-biter against Abingdon when the teams last played back in April, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Blue Devils since the squad 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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