The Smithfield-Selma Spartans will venture away from home to take on the Jacksonville Cardinals at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Smithfield-Selma is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Smithfield-Selma took a loss when they played away from home last Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed last Thursday. They never let Southern Wayne onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 179th, while the Saints are ranked 362nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Elijah Kennedy and
Chris Acosta scored both of Smithfield-Selma's goals, which were season-firsts for both players.
Meanwhile, Jacksonville waltzed into their match on Tuesday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They won by a goal and slipped past the Rampants 2-1.
Jacksonville's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-5-2. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 27 goals over those six matchups. As for Smithfield-Selma, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8-1 record this season.
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