The North Stafford Wolverines will venture away from home to square off against the Riverbend Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
North Stafford can't be too worried about heading out to take on Riverbend: they just beat Massaponax at home, who had been dominant on their own pitch up to that point. The Wolverines' defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 1-0 shutout on Monday. The victory was all the more spectacular given North Stafford's disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 121st, while Massaponax are ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, Riverbend waltzed into their contest on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came within a single goal of losing the streak, but they secured a 1-0 W against the Wildcats. That's two games straight that Riverbend have won by just one goal.
Riverbend pushed their record up to 10-7-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those six matchups. As for North Stafford, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 6-9-3.
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