The Northwest Guilford Vikings will face off against the Southwest Guilford Cowboys at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Northwest Guilford has ten straight victories, Southwest Guilford has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Northwest Guilford's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 9-0 margin over Southeast Guilford. Considering the Vikings have won 12 contests by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Southeast Guilford from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Luis Ortega led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Southwest Guilford's game on Tuesday was all tied up 2-2 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell 5-3 to Ragsdale. While losing is never fun, the Cowboys can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 312th, while the Tigers are ranked 53rd).
Northwest Guilford's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-1. As for Southwest Guilford, their loss dropped their record down to 4-12-2.
Everything went Northwest Guilford's way against Southwest Guilford in their previous matchup on Monday, as Northwest Guilford made off with a 5-1 victory. In that game, Northwest Guilford amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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