Jordan is 9-1 against Riverside-Durham since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Jordan Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Riverside-Durham Pirates at 6:45 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Jordan is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Chapel Hill just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They lost 5-1 to the Tigers. While losing is never fun, Jordan can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 98th, while Chapel Hill is ranked fifth).
Jordan's goal came courtesy of
Lily Palumbo, who's now up to ten this season.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Riverside-Durham's offense. They wound up with the same score they had in their last game (3-0), but sadly the team found themselves on the wrong side of the score this time. The defeat continues a trend for them in their matchups with Chapel Hill: they've now lost six in a row.
Jordan's loss dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Riverside-Durham, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-9-3.
Jordan skirted past Riverside-Durham 1-0 in their previous matchup back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for Jordan since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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