It may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Middle Creek ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They won by a goal and slipped past the Green Hope Falcons 3-2. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Mustangs' disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 38th, while the Falcons are ranked second).
Middle Creek hit Green Hope with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Isaac Poprocki,
Sterling McGregor, and
Matt Iudica.
Middle Creek is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3-2 record this season. As for Green Hope, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-2.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Middle Creek's road trip will continue as they head out to face Apex Friendship at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Middle Creek is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season. As for Green Hope, they will take on Holly Springs at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Holly Springs is coming into the matchup with seven straight wins at home, so Green Hope will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum.
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