Douglas Byrd is 1-8 against Seventy-First since August of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Douglas Byrd Eagles will square off against the Seventy-First Falcons at 6:00 p.m. Douglas Byrd will be strutting in after a victory while Seventy-First will be coming in after a defeat.
Douglas Byrd will bounce into Monday's match after beating Purnell Swett, who they hadn't topped in four consecutive meetings. Douglas Byrd blew past Purnell Swett 9-5 on Wednesday. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Eagles' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Seventy-First was a bit more limited in their contest on Wednesday. They came up short against Lumberton, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 467th, while the Pirates are ranked 163rd).
Douglas Byrd's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 1-5. As for Seventy-First, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-5-1 record this season.
Douglas Byrd suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Seventy-First in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Douglas Byrd was down 3-0.
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