The Long Beach Bearcats will head out on the road to challenge the George County Rebels at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Long Beach's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for nine straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Long Beach's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Hancock out 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Bearcats were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, George County earned a 2-0 victory over Pascagoula on Tuesday. Given the Rebels' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi soccer rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Panthers are ranked 90th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
George County has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 21 goals over those six contests. As for Long Beach, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-7-1.
Long Beach skirted past George County 3-2 in their previous meeting back in February. Does Long Beach have another victory up their sleeve, or will George County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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