The First Flight Nighthawks will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Croatan Cougars at 5:30 p.m. First Flight knows how to get goals on the board -- the squad has finished with four goals or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully Croatan likes a good challenge.
First Flight's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Camden County 4-0. It was an even better day for Nathan Tsonev as he scored three goals for his team.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Croatan was a bit more limited in their match on Monday. They fell just short of Ashley by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 81st, while the Screaming Eagle are ranked 15th).
First Flight pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Croatan, their loss dropped their record down to 6-5-2.
First Flight was able to grind out a solid win over Croatan in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for First Flight 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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