St. James is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Myrtle Beach is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Sharks will welcome the Seahawks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
St. James proved they can win big on Friday (they won by four) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Socastee. The game got a bit rough at times, as the refs handed out a total of three yellow cards before it was all over: St. James' Jameson Crawford and Socastee's John Agro and Juan Mateo Pino-Portillo were all carded.
Kai Fakhouri was the driving force of St. James' attack as he scored both of St. James' goals, bringing his season total up to 11 goals.
Meanwhile, Myrtle Beach kept a clean sheet against North Myrtle Beach on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Chiefs. Even though Myrtle Beach got in a bit of trouble with the refs ( Raul Lopez was handed a red card), the team managed to overcome the adversity.
St. James' victory bumped their record up to 8-3. As for Myrtle Beach, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 6-6 record.
St. James skirted past Myrtle Beach 2-1 in their previous meeting back in March. Will the Sharks repeat their success, or do the Seahawks have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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