The NCSSM: Morganton Dragons will head out to take on the Piedmont Community Charter Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
NCSSM: Morganton is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Thursday, they were much more limited against Polk County on Monday. They fell just short of the Wolverines by a score of 2-1. The game got a bit rough at times, as the refs handed out a total of three yellow cards before it was all over: the Dragons' Jai Yalla and the Wolverines' Blake Anderson and Cooper Myer were all carded.
NCSSM: Morganton's goal came courtesy of
James Ross, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Piedmont Community Charter didn't have quite enough to beat Highland Tech on Monday and fell 3-2. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 252nd, while the Rams are ranked 48th).
Having lost for the first time this season, NCSSM: Morganton fell to 2-1. As for Piedmont Community Charter, they now have a losing record at 1-2-1.
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