Soccer Game Preview: Northridge on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 19, 2024, 12:23am

Soccer Preview: Northridge vs. Newark

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Northridge hasn't had much luck against Newark recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Northridge Vikings will welcome the Newark Wildcats at 2:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.

Northridge is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Zanesville on Wednesday. Northridge fell just short of Zanesville by a score of 3-2.

Meanwhile, Newark was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They lost 5-1 to Pickerington Central. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 422nd, while the Tigers are ranked 139th).

Northridge's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5-1. As for Newark, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10-1.

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