The Niceville Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Fort Walton Beach Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Niceville will head out to face Fort Walton Beach after giving up their first home loss of the season on Thursday. Niceville fell just short of Booker T. Washington by a score of 3-2. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 90th, while the Wildcats are ranked third).
Meanwhile, Fort Walton Beach was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of West Florida by a score of 2-1.
Fort Walton Beach's goal came courtesy of
Esteban Mendes, who's now up to three this season.
Fort Walton Beach now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Niceville, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2-1.
Niceville skirted past Fort Walton Beach 3-2 in their previous meeting back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Niceville 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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