Transamerica Field is the place to be this weekend as the Charlotte men’s soccer team will be hosting the four-team Nike Invitational.
Attending the tournament will be Conference USA foe UAB, county rival Davidson, and Winthrop.
The Niners, fresh off a 3-1 victory over UNC Wilmington in the Courtyard Marriot Classic, will face the Eagles of Winthrop in their first game of the tournament on Friday night. he match against Winthrop will be the Niners’ first regular season home game of the 2008 season and opens a five-game home stand for Charlotte.
Charlotte and Winthrop will kick off at 7:30 p.m. after the conclusion of the tournament’s first game, which features Davidson and UAB and starts at 5 p.m. All-time, the Niners are 8-3-3 against the Eagles, as Charlotte has won the last three meetings between the two teams, with the last contest in Sept. of 2004.
The Niners will then return to the pitch Sunday afternoon to conclude the Nike Invitational as Charlotte will take on UAB at 2:30 p.m. Charlotte will look to renew its old Conference USA rivalry with the UAB Blazers, as the two teams have met 22 times with the Niners holding a 12-8-2 advantage. Despite this advantage, the Niners have not beaten the Blazers since Nov. 9, 1997, and are 0-6-2 in that timespan.
Despite dropping out of the most recent NSCAA/Adidas national rankings after being ranked 24th, the Niners are still ranked 2nd in the Middle Atlantic Region, as the team sports a 3-1-0 record
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