Concord entered their tilt with South Rowan on Wednesday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. Their defense stepped up to hand the South Rowan Raiders a 2-0 shutout. Given the Spiders' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Raiders are ranked 257th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Concord pushed their record up to 11-1-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for South Rowan, their loss dropped their record down to 5-4-1.
Concord has the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome Salisbury at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Salisbury's defense has only allowed 0.2 goals per game this season, so Concord's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for South Rowan, they will look to defend their home pitch on Friday against Robinson at 5:30 p.m. Robinson is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.9 goals per game this season.
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