Soccer Preview: Brush vs. Twinsburg
Brush hasn't had much luck against Twinsburg recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Brush Arcs will take on the Twinsburg Tigers at 2:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Brush sitting on four straight wins and Twinsburg on 11.
Twinsburg better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Brush really get things going. Brush blew past Streetsboro 4-1 on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Arcs, who have now won nine matches by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Streetsboro with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Stephen Forges (2),
Noah Boyd, and
Luis Barrientos.
Meanwhile, Twinsburg was not the first on the board last Thursday, but they got there more often. They won by a goal and slipped past Beachwood 3-2. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Bison are ranked 66th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Brush is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4-2 record this season. As for Twinsburg, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 15-2.
Brush might still be hurting after the 5-0 loss they got from Twinsburg when the teams last played back in September. Can Brush avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
