The North Garland Raiders will head out on the road to face off against the Garland Owls at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither North Garland nor Garland posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
North Garland fell victim to Naaman Forest's stalwart defense on Friday and couldn't make it onto the board. They fell 2-0 to the Rangers. North Garland has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Garland also failed to score in their most recent game. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Wylie on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Garland can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 223rd, while Wylie is ranked 37th).
North Garland now has a losing record at 4-5-2. As for Garland, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7-1.
North Garland took their win against Garland in their previous meeting back in January by a conclusive 4-1. In that contest, North Garland amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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