The Douglas Eagles will take on the Fort Payne Wildcats in a tournament on Friday. Douglas is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.
Douglas will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Pennington on Thursday. The Eagles walked away with a 5-3 victory over the Tigers. The final result isn't all that surprising considering Douglas' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 50th, while Pennington are ranked 159th).
While Fort Payne didn't have the best season last year (they finished 7-14-2), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They won by a goal and slipped past Southside 2-1.
Fort Payne's win bumped their record up to 5-1-1. As for Douglas, their victory bumped their record up to 7-3-1.
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