The Independence Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Ravenwood Raptors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Independence is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road.
Independence's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Blackman. Given Independence's advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee soccer rankings (they are ranked fourth, while Blackman is ranked 135th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Independence was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Hayden Smith and
Emmitt Foretich, who scored both of Independence's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 19 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Ravenwood came tearing into Tuesday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.7 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They beat the Tigers by a goal, winning 2-1. That's two games straight that Ravenwood has won by just one goal.
Independence's win bumped their record up to 13-1. As for Ravenwood, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 7-4 record this season.
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