The Middle Creek Mustangs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Apex Friendship Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Middle Creek is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season.
Apex Friendship is hoping to do what Panther Creek couldn't on Monday: put an end to Middle Creek's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Middle Creek was the clear victor by an 8-2 margin over Panther Creek. Considering the Mustangs have won six matchups by more than two goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Panther Creek from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Matt Iudica led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Apex Friendship managed to keep up with Cary until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Apex Friendship lost 4-1 to Cary. The Patriots' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Middle Creek pushed their record up to 13-5-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Apex Friendship, their loss dropped their record down to 11-9-1.
Middle Creek beat Apex Friendship by a goal when the teams last played back in October, winning 1-0. Will Middle Creek repeat their success, or does Apex Friendship have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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