The Fernandina Beach Pirates will venture away from home to face off against the Nease Panthers at 7:20 p.m. on Friday. Fernandina Beach will be strutting in after a victory while Nease will be coming in after a loss.
Last Tuesday, Fernandina Beach was able to grind out a solid win over Hilliard, taking the game 4-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Pirates.
Meanwhile, Nease managed to keep up with Mandarin until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Nease came up short against Mandarin, falling 4-1. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 121st, while the Mustangs are ranked second).
Nease's goal came courtesy of Icaro Behar, who's now up to four this season.
Fernandina Beach's victory bumped their record up to 8-6-1. As for Nease, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-5-3.
Fernandina Beach came up short against Nease in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, falling 2-0. Can Fernandina Beach avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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