Soccer Preview: First Flight vs. Currituck County
First Flight has won seven straight games at home, while Currituck County has won seven straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Wednesday. The First Flight Nighthawks will welcome the Currituck County Knights at 5:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
First Flight's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They put the hurt on Pasquotank County with a sharp 9-0 victory. The Nighthawks' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last eight games.
Their offense was hitting Pasquotank County from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Daniel Flores led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Currituck County won against Pasquotank County on Wednesday with nine goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Monday. Currituck County blew past Northeastern 9-0. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 105th, while the Eagles are ranked 477th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
First Flight's win bumped their record up to 17-0. As for Currituck County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-5 record this season.
First Flight took their victory against Currituck County in their previous matchup on October 7th by a conclusive 9-0. Will First Flight repeat their success, or does Currituck County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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