Soccer Preview: Providence vs. East Mecklenburg
Providence is 9-0-1 against East Mecklenburg since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Providence Panthers will venture away from home to take on the East Mecklenburg Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Providence is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season.
Providence is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to nine goals on Monday, they were much more limited against Garinger on Wednesday. They came up short against the Wildcats, falling 4-1. The Panthers' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Their goal came courtesy of
Tommy Purvis, who's now up to nine this season.
Meanwhile, East Mecklenburg has been on a difficult stretch since their win on the tenth. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Charlotte Catholic on Wednesday. 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 207th, while the Cougars are ranked 44th).
Providence's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-6-1. As for East Mecklenburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7-2.
Providence skirted past East Mecklenburg 2-1 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Will Providence repeat their success, or does East Mecklenburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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