Soccer Preview: Northeast Bradford vs. North Penn-Mansfield
Northeast Bradford has gone 9-1 against North Penn-Mansfield recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Northeast Bradford Panthers will venture away from home to face off against the North Penn-Mansfield Tigers at 4:00 p.m. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Northeast Bradford and four for North Penn-Mansfield.
Northeast Bradford is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Athens on Thursday. Northeast Bradford fell just short of Athens by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 355th, while the Wildcats are ranked 122nd).
Meanwhile, North Penn-Mansfield fell victim to Towanda and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to the Black Knights. That's two games in a row now that the Tigers have lost by exactly three goals.
Northeast Bradford's loss dropped their record down to 1-3-1. As for North Penn-Mansfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9-1.
Everything went Northeast Bradford's way against North Penn-Mansfield when the teams last played on September 4th, as Northeast Bradford made off with a 5-2 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northeast Bradford since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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