The Eastside Eagles will challenge the Spartanburg Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eastside has four straight wins, Spartanburg has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Eastside is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Riverside, who was ranked 23rd at the time (Eastside was ranked 18th). The Eagles never let the Warriors get on the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Monday. Give Eastside's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Camille Carter, who's now up to eight this season.
Meanwhile, Spartanburg fell victim to Dorman and their airtight defense on Monday. They came up short against the Cavaliers, falling 6-0.
Eastside's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-3. Those home victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those three contests. As for Spartanburg, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9.
Everything went Eastside's way against Spartanburg in their previous meeting back in March, as Eastside made off with a 6-0 win. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Vikings have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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