Eastern’s men’s soccer team heads north this weekend along with St. Mary’s University and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay to take part in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Invitational.

This will be the 28th installment of the Panther Invitational, making it the oldest Division I soccer tournament. Eastern (1-1) will face off against Wisconsin-Green Bay on Saturday and will then take on Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2-0) on Sunday.

Green Bay is off to a slow start, losing their first two matches to Michigan and Michigan State University. Milwaukee has done just the opposite, winning its first two games against DePaul and Northwestern.

Both teams will be tough competition for Eastern.

“Green Bay will be a strong team,” Eastern head coach Adam Howarth said. “They are off a couple of losses so they will be looking for their first win.”

Milwaukee will be a team that plays very similarly to Eastern. Both teams take shots in bunches. In its last game against Northwester, Milwaukee out-shot its opponents 31-4 on their way to a 4-0 route.

For Eastern, the tournament will be a chance to find its stride for the season and to work on playing as a team.

“We played well in St. Louis,” said Eastern co-captain Ben Cox. “We want to keep working well as a team. If we play together then good shots will come.”

“We just want to get a win,” sophomore forward Jason Thompson said. “We just have to do whatever it takes.”