Soccer Preview: Greenbrier East vs. South Charleston
The Greenbrier East Spartans will head out on the road to square off against the South Charleston Black Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Greenbrier East will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Greenbrier East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Jefferson, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Greenbrier East was ranked seventh). Greenbrier East won by a goal and slipped past Jefferson 2-1. Two seems to be a good number for the Spartans as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for South Charleston's offense. They lost 6-0 to Woodrow Wilson on Tuesday. The Black Eagles have struggled against the Flying Eagles recently, as their game on Tuesday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Greenbrier East has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3-1 record this season. As for South Charleston, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-8-2.
Greenbrier East took their win against South Charleston in their previous meeting back in August of 2023 by a conclusive 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Greenbrier East 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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