The North Johnston Panthers will be playing at home against the Goldsboro Cougars at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. North Johnston is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season.
If North Johnston beats Goldsboro with two goals on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. North Johnston narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Beddingfield 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for North Johnston.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Yarexi Velasquez and
Sydney Daughtry, who scored both of North Johnston's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 24 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Goldsboro suffered a tough 6-1 defeat at the hands of Princeton on Wednesday. Goldsboro has struggled against Princeton recently, as their game on Wednesday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
North Johnston has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4-2 record this season. As for Goldsboro, their loss dropped their record down to 3-7-3.
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