The Northwest Jaguars will head out on the road to square off against the Damascus Hornets at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday.
Northwest is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Whitman just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 2-0 to the Vikings. The loss was the Jaguars' first of the season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Damascus, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand Gaithersburg a 3-0 shutout on Tuesday. The score was close at the half, but the Hornets pulled away in the second half with two goals.
They hit Gaithersburg with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Gabriel Mbaki,
Todd DiLeo, and
Armando Lawson.
Having lost for the first time this season, Northwest fell to 3-1-2. As for Damascus, the win also got them back to even at 1-1.
Northwest suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Damascus in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Northwest avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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