Soccer Preview: Fitch vs. New London
Fitch is 6-1 against New London since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Fitch Falcons will host the New London Whalers at 11:00 a.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Fitch's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Chariho on Saturday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Chargers. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 103rd in Connecticut, while the Chargers are ranked eighth in Rhode Island).
Meanwhile, New London came up short against Ledyard on Thursday and fell 3-1.
New London's goal came courtesy of
Angel Perez, which was the first he's scored this season.
Fitch's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for New London, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-3-1.
Everything went Fitch's way against New London when the teams last played back in October of 2019 as Fitch made off with a 6-0 win. Will Fitch repeat their success, or does New London have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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