Soccer Preview: Mentor vs. Elyria
The Mentor Cardinals will stay at home for another game and welcome the Elyria Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mentor's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Mentor managed to keep up with Avon Lake until halftime last Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Mentor came up short against Avon Lake, falling 4-1. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 145th, while the Shoremen are ranked 38th).
Meanwhile, Elyria was not able to break out of their rough patch last Saturday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 3-0 to Brecksville-Broadview Heights.
Mentor's defeat dropped their record down to 8-5-3. As for Elyria, their loss dropped their record down to 4-12-1.
Everything went Mentor's way against Elyria in their previous matchup back in August of 2019, as Mentor made off with a 5-0 win. Will Mentor repeat their success, or does Elyria have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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