The Eastside Early College Panthers will face off against the Northeast Early College Raiders at 10:45 a.m. on Friday. Eastside Early College is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Eastside Early College is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Burnet on Monday. Eastside Early College fell just short of Burnet by a score of 3-2. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by just one goal.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Northeast Early College, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They never let LBJ Austin onto the board and left with a 1-0 win on Monday. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 182nd, while the Jaguars are ranked 552nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Northeast Early College's one-goal win came courtesy of Cristhiam Espinoza, who's now up to two this season.
Northeast Early College's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 25 goals over those seven contests. As for Eastside Early College, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5.
Eastside Early College suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Northeast Early College in their previous matchup back in January. Will Eastside Early College have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.
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