The Knightdale Knights will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Rolesville Rams at 6:30 p.m. Knightdale's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for nine straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Knightdale's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Heritage on Monday. They lost 9-0 to the Huskies. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 386th, while the Huskies are ranked 31st).
Meanwhile, Rolesville hadn't done well against Wake Forest recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Rolesville sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Wake Forest. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Rams were the better team in the second half.
Diego Favela and
Riley Daniels scored both of Rolesville's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 30 goals.
Knightdale's defeat dropped their record down to 1-16-1. As for Rolesville, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 17-4-2.
Knightdale might still be hurting after the 9-0 loss they got from Rolesville in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Can Knightdale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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