Soccer Preview: Northeastern vs. Currituck County
The Northeastern Eagles will take on the Currituck County Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Northeastern has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with five straight losses, while Currituck County will come in with four straight wins.
Northeastern's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Manteo on Monday. They lost 3-0 to the Redskins. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 472nd, while the Redskins are ranked 215th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Currituck County). They blew past Pasquotank County 10-1 on Monday. Considering the Knights have won five matchups by more than two goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Pasquotank County from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Andy Dubon led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Northeastern's defeat dropped their record down to 1-10-1. As for Currituck County, they pushed their record up to 8-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Northeastern suffered a grim 5-2 defeat to Currituck County in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Northeastern was down 3-0.
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