The Newton Rams will look to defend their home pitch on Tuesday against the Salem Seminoles at 5:30 p.m. Newton's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for 13 straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Newton fell victim to South Gwinnett and their airtight defense last Friday. They suffered a tough 9-0 loss at the hands of the Comets. While losing is never fun, Newton can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 403rd, while South Gwinnett is ranked 170th).
Meanwhile, Salem has been struggling as of late, and they have yet to win a game this season. Neither they nor Lithonia could gain the upper hand last Wednesday so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw. The result (or lack thereof) marked Salem's first draw of the season.
Newton's defeat dropped their record down to 0-13. As for Salem, they moved theirs to 0-10-1.
Newton suffered a grim 8-3 defeat to Salem in their previous matchup back in February of 2020. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Newton was down 4-1.
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