The Foard Tigers will face off against the North Lincoln Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Foard came into their game on Tuesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They came up short against Newton-Conover, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, Foard can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 306th, while Newton-Conover are ranked 26th).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 2-2 at halftime, North Lincoln was not quite Bunker Hill's equal in the second half on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Bears by a score of 3-2.
Bryce Custer and Angel Martinez scored both of North Lincoln's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 14 goals.
North Lincoln's loss dropped their record down to 7-6-3. As for Foard, they dropped their record down to 5-9-1 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
Foard couldn't quite get it done against North Lincoln in their previous matchup back in September as they fell 2-0. Will the Tigers have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
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