It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Smithfield-Selma can now relate to. They lost 5-1 to the Jacksonville Cardinals on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 209th, while the Cardinals are ranked 60th).
Smithfield-Selma's goal came courtesy of
Jason Maldonado, who's now up to four this season.
Smithfield-Selma has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 13-9-1 record this season. As for Jacksonville, the victory (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 16-5-2.
Smithfield-Selma does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Jacksonville, they will stay at home for another game and welcome Southern Lee at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Jacksonville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.8 goals per game this season.
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