The East Rutherford Cavaliers will head out on the road to square off against the Burns Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. East Rutherford's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
East Rutherford lost 4-1 to Brevard on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Cavaliers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 354th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 98th).
Meanwhile, after low-scoring totals in their previous four contests, Burns brought some dynamite into their most recent contest. Their defense stepped up to hand Cherryville a 9-0 shutout on Monday. Considering the Bulldogs have won 11 matchups by more than three goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Burns was without their leading scorer, Pablo Garcia, in Monday's game. With Garcia sidelined, Alejandro Garcia got his first action of the season.
East Rutherford's loss dropped their record down to 7-11-1. As for Burns, they moved to 12-6-1 with that victory, which also ended their four-game losing streak.
East Rutherford might still be hurting after the 5-1 defeat they got from Burns in their previous matchup back in August. Can East Rutherford avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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