Liberty and James Wood are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2017, but likely not for long. The Liberty Eagles will head out on the road to take on the James Wood Colonels at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Liberty has been struggling as of late, and they have yet to win a game this season. They fell victim to a tough 6-1 loss at the hands of Handley last Thursday. 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 119th, while Handley is ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, James Wood fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Millbrook last Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Pioneers by a score of 2-1. James Wood has not had much luck with Millbrook recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Liberty's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4-1. As for James Wood, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2-2.
Everything went Liberty's way against James Wood in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Liberty made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Liberty since the squad 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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