Hempstead lost against Royal back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Hempstead Bobcats lost 6-1 to the Royal Falcons. While losing is never fun, the Bobcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 589th, while the Falcons are ranked 185th).
Hempstead's goal came courtesy of Raphael Rodriguez, which was the first he's scored this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Hempstead and nudges their season record down to 2-4-1. As for Royal, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Hempstead will face off against New Waverly at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. New Waverly is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5 goals per game this season. As for Royal, they will square off against Sealy at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Royal also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 4.4 goals per game.
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