After flying high against Seventy-First on Thursday, Lumberton came back down to earth. The Pirates fell just short of the Cape Fear Colts by a score of 3-2 on Monday. While losing is never fun, Lumberton can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 347th, while Cape Fear are ranked 162nd).
Angel Castro Mina and Rigoberto Pedro scored both of Lumberton's goals, bringing their combined season tally to eight goals.
Pirates
| 09/22/25 @ Cape Fear | 2-3 |
| 09/18/25 vs Seventy-First | 8-1 |
| 09/16/25 @ Red Springs | 3-0 |
| 09/10/25 vs Whiteville | 6-0 |
| 09/08/25 vs South View | 2-3 |
With the defeat, Lumberton broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 4-5-1. As for Cape Fear, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2-2.
Lumberton didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next game, a 3-0 loss against Gray's Creek on the 24th. As for Cape Fear, they also wasted no time getting back out on the pitch and have already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Purnell Swett on the 24th.
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