The Porter Ridge Pirates will head out to take on the Concord Spiders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Porter Ridge is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Monday, they were much more limited against Marvin Ridge on Wednesday. They lost 3-0 to the Mavericks. The Pirates' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Concord hasn't lost a match since August 28th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Monday. They blew past East Rowan 4-0. Given the Spiders' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 102nd, while the Mustangs are ranked 399th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Concord hit East Rowan with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Colt Celetti (2),
Kevin Javier-Ruiz, and
Nathan Noyola.
Porter Ridge's loss ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-5. As for Concord, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-1-4 record this season.
Porter Ridge came out on top in a nail-biter against Concord when the teams last played back in August of 2022, sneaking past 1-0. Does Porter Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Concord turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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