The Goldsboro Cougars will head out to challenge the Princeton Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Goldsboro fell victim to Rolesville and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They lost 5-0 to the Rams. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 301st, while the Rams are ranked 46th).
Meanwhile, Princeton had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They came within a single goal of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Warriors. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Bulldogs were the better team in the second half.
Makenna Hoffman and Taylar Johnson scored both of Princeton's goals, bringing their combined season tally to nine goals.
Goldsboro's loss dropped their record down to 1-4-2. As for Princeton, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-1.
Goldsboro suffered a grim 6-1 defeat to Princeton when the teams last played back in April of 2024. Can Goldsboro avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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