Bristol Rhythm is at home with Apotheos FC from Georgia

An expansion team in the semi-professional National Premier Soccer League, Bristol Rhythm lost to one of the circuit’s most established teams on Saturday night.

Atlanta, Georgia-based Apotheos FC used a first-half blitz to cruise to a 4-1 win over Bristol at Gene Malcolm Stadium.

Boland Lekeaka scored in the 14th and 45th minute for the Peach State club, while Aaron Whitten and Miguel Gonzalez also found the back of the net in the first half.

Whitten is the former Appalachian Athletic Conference Player of the Year at NAIA Reinhardt University in Georgia.

Apotheos won the NPSL Southeast Conference and South Region championships in 2023. The team is now 2-1-1.

Bristol (1-2) got the score from Adam Cooil in the 56th minute. Originally from the United Kingdom, Cooil recently transferred to Belmont Abbey College after starting his college career at the University of Mobile in Alabama.

Rhythm’s next three matches are on the road and they don’t return home until June 22 when they face Alliance 865 in Knoxville, Tennessee.