The North Iredell Raiders will head out to square off against the Foard Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. North Iredell will be strutting in after a win while Foard will be coming in after a loss.
North Iredell took a loss when they played away from home on Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They never let West Iredell onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 122nd, while the Warriors are ranked 361st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Foard didn't have quite enough to beat Hickory on Wednesday and fell 2-1. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Red Tornadoes recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
North Iredell's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-3-2. As for Foard, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-8-3.
North Iredell came out on top in a nail-biter against Foard when the teams last played back in October of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for North Iredell since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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