Soccer Game Preview: Pymatuning Valley on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 4, 2024, 4:39am

Soccer Preview: Pymatuning Valley vs. Lordstown

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The Pymatuning Valley Lakers will take on the Lordstown Red Devils at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Pymatuning Valley is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Edgewood two weeks ago. Pymatuning Valley lost 5-1 to Edgewood. The Lakers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, Lordstown was not able to break out of their rough patch last Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They came up short against Badger, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, the Red Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 521st, while the Braves are ranked 229th).

Pymatuning Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Lordstown, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.

Pymatuning Valley took their victory against Lordstown in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 8-1. In that game, Pymatuning Valley amassed a halftime lead of 4-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.

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