The Deep Creek Hornets have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Indian River Braves at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Deep Creek's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Great Bridge on Tuesday. They lost 8-0 to the Wildcats. While losing is never fun, Deep Creek can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 130th, while Great Bridge is ranked 13th).
Meanwhile, Indian River scored the most goals they've had all season to find success on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Booker T. Washington a 9-0 shutout. The win was some much needed relief for Indian River as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.
Deep Creek's defeat was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 8-6. As for Indian River, their victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-9-1.
Everything went Deep Creek's way against Indian River in their previous meeting back in April of 2023 as Deep Creek made off with a 9-1 win. In that game, Deep Creek amassed a halftime lead of 5-1, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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