Douglas Byrd is on a six-game streak of home losses, Seventy-First a five-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Wednesday. It'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles takes on the Seventy-First Falcons at 6:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Douglas Byrd is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They came up short against Purnell Swett on Monday, falling 8-2.
Meanwhile, Seventy-First fell victim to Lumberton and their airtight defense on Monday. They came up short against the Pirates, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 468th, while the Pirates are ranked 109th).
Douglas Byrd's loss dropped their record down to 0-14. As for Seventy-First, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-12-1.
Douglas Byrd suffered a grim 10-1 defeat to Seventy-First in their previous matchup back in September. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Douglas Byrd was down 6-0.
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