The Eastmark Firebirds will take on the ALA - Queen Creek Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Eastmark is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.4 goals per game this season.
Eastmark can't be too worried about heading out to take on ALA - Queen Creek: they just beat Crismon at home, who had been dominant on their own pitch up to that point. Eastmark never let Crismon onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Wednesday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Firebirds were the better team in the second half.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Ashlee Kelsey, who's now up to 22 this season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, ALA - Queen Creek was a bit more limited in their game on Wednesday. They fell just short of ALA - Gilbert North by a score of 1-0. The contest was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Patriots couldn't quite close it out.
Eastmark is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 24 goals over those six games. As for ALA - Queen Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-5.
Eastmark took their win against ALA - Queen Creek in their previous meeting back in January of 2024 by a conclusive 6-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Eastmark 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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