The Mallard Creek Mavericks will square off against the Olympic Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Mallard Creek finally turned things around against Ballantyne Ridge last Thursday. They never let Wolves onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. The Mavericks wouldn't have won without Anthony Gonzalez, who scored the game-winner.
Meanwhile, Olympic managed to keep up with Garinger until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Olympic came up short against Garinger, falling 5-1. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the Wildcats are ranked 72nd).
Mallard Creek's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-4. As for Olympic, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2-1.
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