The Freedom Eagles will take on the South County Stallions at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Freedom sitting on five straight wins and South County on eight.
Freedom is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Western Branch a 3-0 shutout. Considering Freedom have won ten contests by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, South County sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 victory over Washington-Liberty on Tuesday. Given South County's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 16th, while Washington-Liberty are ranked 81st) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
South County pushed their record up to 17-2-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those six matches. As for Freedom, their win bumped their record up to 15-2-2.
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