The Groves Rebels will look to take advantage of their home pitch for the first time this season as they take on the New Hampstead Phoenix on Friday. Groves will be strutting in after a victory while New Hampstead will be coming in after a loss.
If New Hampstead heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Groves took over last week. Groves won by a goal and slipped past Woodville-Tompkins 2-1.
Gael Diaz-Arena and Bob Orozco scored both of Groves' goals, which were season-firsts for both players.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, New Hampstead was not quite Effingham County's equal in the second half on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Rebels by a score of 1-0. The Phoenix have struggled against the Rebels recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
The win got Groves back to even at 1-1. As for New Hampstead, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
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