James Wood is 9-0 against Liberty since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The James Wood Colonels will head out on the road to face off against the Liberty Eagles at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (James Wood has four straight wins, Liberty has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Thursday, James Wood beat Millbrook 3-1. Three seems to be a good number for James Wood as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
McKenna Newcome and
Ava Manzo, who scored all three of James Wood's goals. Those were goals were season-firsts for both players.
Meanwhile, Liberty pushed their score all the way to four last Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They suffered a tough 9-4 loss at the hands of Handley. While losing is never fun, Liberty can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 105th, while Handley is ranked 25th).
James Wood's win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Liberty, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Everything went James Wood's way against Liberty when the teams last played back in April of 2023 as James Wood made off with a 9-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for James Wood since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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