Soccer Game Preview: Greater Johnstown vs. United

By Team Reports Oct 9, 2024, 11:27pm

Soccer Preview: Greater Johnstown vs. United

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Greater Johnstown hasn't had much luck against United recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Greater Johnstown Trojans' road trip will continue as they head out to face the United Lions at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

On Wednesday, Greater Johnstown didn't have quite enough to beat Central Cambria and fell 3-2.

Meanwhile, United fought the good fight in their overtime game against Forest Hills on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Rangers by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 413th, while the Rangers are ranked 152nd).

United's goal came courtesy of Garin Fisher, who's now up to four this season.

Greater Johnstown's defeat dropped their record down to 2-13. As for United, their loss was their fifth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 5-7-1.

Greater Johnstown might still be hurting after the 8-3 defeat they got from United in their previous matchup back in August. Can Greater Johnstown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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