The Deep Creek Hornets will head out on the road to square off against the Kellam Knights on Thursday. Deep Creek has given up an average of 2.6 goals per game this season, but Thursday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Deep Creek is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals on Thursday, they were much more limited against Great Bridge on Friday. They came up short against the Wildcats, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, Deep Creek can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 174th, while Great Bridge are ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, Kellam strolled into their game on Tuesday with a perfect record and they left with the same. Their defense stepped up to hand Landstown a 5-0 shutout. Considering Kellam have won ten matchups by more than three goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Deep Creek's defeat dropped their record down to 6-9-1. As for Kellam, their victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-0.
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