New London is 1-6 against Fitch since September of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The New London Whalers are on the road again to play the Fitch Falcons at 11:00 a.m. New London is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season.
New London is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Ledyard on Thursday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Colonels.
New London's goal came courtesy of
Angel Perez, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, Fitch was a bit more limited in their matchup on Saturday. They fell 2-0 to Chariho. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 103rd in Connecticut, while the Chargers are ranked eighth in Rhode Island).
New London's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3-1. As for Fitch, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.
New London might still be hurting after the 6-0 defeat they got from Fitch when the teams last played back in October of 2019. Can New London avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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