The Douglas Byrd Eagles will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the East Columbus Gators at 6:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Douglas Byrd's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Cape Fear on Tuesday. They lost 9-0 to the Colts. While losing is never fun, Douglas Byrd can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 518th, while Cape Fear is ranked 131st).
Meanwhile, East Columbus was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 2-0 to Heide Trask. The shutout was out of character for East Columbus seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in March.
Douglas Byrd's loss was their 11th straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 0-20. As for East Columbus, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7-1.
Douglas Byrd suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to East Columbus in their previous meeting back in March of 2023. Can Douglas Byrd avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
