Soccer Game Preview: Salem vs. Hartland

The Salem Rocks will venture away from home to challenge the Hartland Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Salem fell victim to Rochester and their airtight defense on Saturday. They fell just short of the Falcons by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, Salem can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 51st, while Rochester are ranked third).

Meanwhile, Hartland came up short against Troy on Saturday and fell 4-2.

Hartland's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-3-1. As for Salem, their loss dropped their record down to 9-7-1.

Salem couldn't quite get it done against Hartland in their previous meeting back in April as they fell 4-2. Can the Rocks avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.