The Apex Friendship Patriots will challenge the Jacksonville Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Apex Friendship is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Apex Friendship is looking to tack another W on to their season record, something they couldn't quite do against Heritage on Wednesday. Neither Apex Friendship nor Heritage could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw.
Apex Friendship's goal came courtesy of
Hayden Joyce, who's now up to four this season.
Meanwhile, Jacksonville had just enough and edged Swansboro out 2-1 on Tuesday. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Pirates are ranked 241st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Apex Friendship's draw makes their record 4-2-1 this season. As for Jacksonville, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1-1.
Apex Friendship skirted past Jacksonville 2-1 in their previous meeting back in August of 2018. Will Apex Friendship repeat their success, or does Jacksonville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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