Northeastern hasn't had much luck against First Flight recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Northeastern Eagles will be playing at home against the First Flight Nighthawks at 5:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Having struggled with six defeats in a row, Northeastern finally turned things around against Pasquotank County on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 3-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, First Flight put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 9-0 margin over Currituck County. The Nighthawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Currituck County from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Japhet Mejia led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Northeastern's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-11-1. As for First Flight, their victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-0.
Northeastern suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to First Flight in their previous meeting back in September. Will Northeastern have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
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