Soccer Preview: Seventy-First vs. Jack Britt
Seventy-First is 2-8 against Jack Britt since February of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Seventy-First Falcons have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Jack Britt Buccaneers at 6:00 p.m.
Seventy-First's offense might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against Cape Fear on Wednesday. They lost 5-0 to the Colts. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Chris Williams was handed one for the Falcons, while the Colts got theirs courtesy of Zack Beal.
Meanwhile, on WednesdayPurnell Swett kept up with Jack Britt until halftime, but afterwards: not so much. Jack Britt never let Purnell Swett onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory. Given the Buccaneers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 169th, while the Rams are ranked 462nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jack Britt hit Purnell Swett with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Sepehr Oshidari,
Joah Lewis, and
Blake Oxendine.
Seventy-First's defeat dropped their record down to 3-9-1. As for Jack Britt, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-4-1.
Seventy-First suffered a grim 5-2 defeat to Jack Britt in their previous meeting back in September. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Seventy-First was down 4-0.
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