Soccer Preview: Valley View vs. Delaware Valley
Valley View and Delaware Valley are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2019, but likely not for long. The Valley View Cougars are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Delaware Valley Warriors at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Monday, Valley View was able to grind out a solid victory over Honesdale, taking the game 4-2. That's two games straight that the Cougars have won by exactly two goals.
They hit Honesdale with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jacob Bekele,
Braden Loff,
Jagger Roe, and
Andrew Burman.
Meanwhile, Delaware Valley had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.7 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Wednesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Buckhorns , sneaking past 2-1. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 147th, while the Buckhorns are ranked 434th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Valley View's win bumped their record up to 9-7-1. As for Delaware Valley, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season.
Valley View came up short against Delaware Valley in their previous matchup back in September, falling 2-0. Can Valley View avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
