Newcastle has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Elk City Elks at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Newcastle's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Last Thursday, Newcastle didn't have quite enough to beat Weatherford and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, Newcastle can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma soccer rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while Weatherford is ranked 16th).
Newcastle's goal came courtesy of
Tobias Phifer, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Elk City didn't have quite enough to beat Oklahoma Christian on Tuesday and fell 2-1. Elk City has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Newcastle's loss dropped their record down to 6-6-2. As for Elk City, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-3.
Newcastle might still be hurting after the 4-1 loss they got from Elk City in their previous matchup back in March of 2017. Can Newcastle avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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