The Issaquah Eagles will face off against the North Creek Jaguars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Issaquah has three straight victories, North Creek has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Issaquah's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top against Lake Washington by a score of 2-0. Two seems to be a good number for Issaquah as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 2-2 at halftime, North Creek was not quite Eastlake's equal in the second half on Tuesday. They took a 4-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Wolves. While losing is never fun, North Creek can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 143rd, while Eastlake are ranked 44th).
North Creek's defeat dropped their record down to 2-8-1. As for Issaquah, their victory bumped their record up to 5-6-1.
Issaquah came out on top in a nail-biter against North Creek when the teams last played back in April of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. Will the Eagles repeat their success, or do the Jaguars have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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