The Nimitz Cougars will head out on the road to face off against the Eisenhower Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Monday just wasn't the day for Nimitz's offense. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 3-0 walloping at the hands of MacArthur on Monday. While losing is never fun, Nimitz can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 639th, while MacArthur is ranked 228th).
Meanwhile, Eisenhower has been struggling as of late, and they have yet to win a game this season. They fell just short of Dekaney by a score of 1-0.
Nimitz dropped their record down to 4-8-2 with that loss, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Eisenhower, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6-5.
Nimitz skirted past Eisenhower 1-0 when the teams last played back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Nimitz 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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