The Apex Friendship Patriots will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cary Imps at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Apex Friendship is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Last Tuesday, Apex Friendship got the win against Panther Creek by a conclusive 4-1. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 58th, while the Catamounts are ranked 277th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Apex Friendship hit Panther Creek with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Hayden Joyce,
Aiden Baumberger,
Walid Hadab, and
Hudson Moore.
Meanwhile, Cary and Holly Springs finished up on equal footing with a 1-1 draw on Tuesday. 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 Imps' Santiago Escobar and the Golden Hawks' Will Cancro and Liam Everett were all carded.
Apex Friendship is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8-1 record this season. Cary's draw makes their record 9-6-3 this season.
Apex Friendship skirted past Cary 2-1 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Will Apex Friendship repeat their success, or does Cary have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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