Men's Soccer Faces North Florida in Exhibition
8/16/2013 6:27:00 PM | Men's Soccer
STATESBORO, Ga. – With a week of practice in the books, Georgia Southern Men's Soccer will travel to Jacksonville to face North Florida in an exhibition match on Saturday evening. With construction ongoing at UNF's home field, the teams will play the match at Patton Park, home of Jacksonville FC.
Over the past two seasons, these two teams have provided some high scoring games, including last seasons' contest which saw seven goals. The Eagles fell 4-3 to the Ospreys at Eagle Field last year in a match that lightning delays and two Georgia Southern goals in the final seven minutes of play.
Two of Georgia Southern's goals last season against North Florida came from Joe Hughes who graduated this spring. GSU's other tally, an 88th minute score, came from Reed Norton as the freshman went on to lead the Eagles in scoring last season.
The Eagles will be back on the road next weekend for the final tune-up match of the preseason with a trip to UCF to face the Knights. That match is slated for a 7 p.m. start at the UCF Soccer & Track Complex.
Georgia Southern Men's Soccer's 2013 campaign starts on August 30th by hosting the 2013 SoCon/Big South Challenge at Eagle Field. The Eagles play against Winthrop starting at 7:30 p.m.
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