Soccer Preview: Williamsport vs. Abington Heights
The Williamsport Millionaires will face off against the Abington Heights Comets at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Williamsport is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Selinsgrove on Tuesday. Williamsport fell just short of Selinsgrove by a score of 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Millionaires have lost by just one goal.
Their goal came courtesy of
Nylah Ford, who's now up to eight this season.
Meanwhile, Abington Heights came tearing into Tuesday's match with ten straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.1 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Trojans onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. Given the Comets' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Trojans are ranked 187th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This is the second loss in a row for Williamsport and nudges their season record down to 8-8. As for Abington Heights, they pushed their record up to 12-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Williamsport might still be hurting after the 4-1 loss they got from Abington Heights when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Williamsport 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
