Northern Durham is on a three-game streak of home losses, Hillside a five-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Thursday. The Northern Durham Knights will challenge the Hillside Hornets at 6:45 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Northern Durham fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Riverside-Durham on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Pirates by a score of 2-1. 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 416th, while the Pirates are ranked 107th).
Northern Durham's goal came courtesy of
Christian Loyo, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Hillside fell victim to Riverside-Durham and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They came up short against the Pirates, falling 8-0.
Northern Durham's defeat dropped their record down to 1-10-2. As for Hillside, their loss dropped their record down to 5-9-1.
Northern Durham took their win against Hillside in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 5-0. Will Northern Durham repeat their success, or does Hillside have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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