The Garner Trojans will face off against the Clayton Comets at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
Garner is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against South Garner on Tuesday. Garner took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of South Garner. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Ignacio Anorve-Carbajal was handed one for the Trojans, while the Titans got theirs courtesy of Victor Tellez.
While Clayton didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-14-3), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They won by a goal and slipped past South Garner 2-1. Given the Comets' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Titans are ranked 239th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ethan Hancock-Arroyo and
Christopher Serrano scored both of Clayton's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 17 goals.
This is the second loss in a row for Garner and nudges their season record down to 1-5-1. As for Clayton, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-1-1.
Everything went Garner's way against Clayton in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as Garner made off with a 4-1 win. Will Garner repeat their success, or does Clayton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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