Soccer Preview: Fleming Island vs. Nease
The Fleming Island Golden Eagles will venture away from home to square off against the Nease Panthers at 7:20 p.m. on Tuesday. Fleming Island is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.8 goals per game this season.
Fleming Island is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Florida's top teams: Matanzas, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Fleming Island was ranked fifth). Fleming Island and Matanzas finished up their game with a 1-1 draw on Monday. The result kept the Golden Eagles happy, as they haven't lost a game yet this season.
Their goal came courtesy of
Ryker Dailey, who's now up to nine this season.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Nease's offense. They fell just short of Ponte Vedra by a score of 1-0 last Thursday. The Panthers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Nease now has a losing record at 1-2-1. Fleming Island's draw makes their record 6-0-3 this season.
Fleming Island was able to grind out a solid win over Nease when the teams last played back in November of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fleming Island since the team 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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