Leesville Road is 7-1-1 against Wakefield since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Leesville Road Pride will host the Wakefield Wolverines at 6:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Leesville Road headed into their last match having not scored more than one goal for three straight, but Fuquay - Varina let them put that streak behind them. Leesville Road was the clear victor by a 4-1 margin over Fuquay - Varina on Tuesday. Given the Pride's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Bengals are ranked 206th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leesville Road hit Fuquay - Varina with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Paxton Cruikshank (2),
Ryan Smawley, and
Costa Heaney.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last contest, Wakefield made sure to put some goals up on the board against Riverside-Durham on Monday. Everything went their way against the Pirates as they made off with a 7-2 win. The game got a bit rough at times, as the refs handed out a total of three yellow cards before it was all over: the Wolverines' Davison Sauls and the Pirates' Michael Salinas Ord??ez and Gustavo Lagos were all carded.
Leesville Road's victory bumped their record up to 5-2-2. As for Wakefield, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
Leesville Road took their victory against Wakefield in their previous meeting back in September of 2022 by a conclusive 3-0. Does Leesville Road have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wakefield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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