The Landstown Eagles are taking a road trip to face off against the First Colonial Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Landstown is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to nine goals last Wednesday, they were much more limited against Ocean Lakes on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Dolphins by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, Landstown can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 125th, while Ocean Lakes are ranked 43rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask First Colonial). Their defense stepped up to hand Green Run a 10-0 shutout on Tuesday. Considering First Colonial have won six matches by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
First Colonial has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-3-2 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 42 goals over those seven matchups. As for Landstown, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5-2.
Landstown suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to First Colonial when the teams last played back in May of 2025. Can the Eagles avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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