Soccer Preview: Independence vs. Mifflin
After three games on the road, Independence is heading back home. They will welcome the Mifflin Punchers at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty goal totals in their previous games.
Independence will bounce into Tuesday's contest after beating Beechcroft, who they hadn't topped in four consecutive meetings. Independence had just enough and edged Beechcroft out 4-3 on Thursday. The 76ers' winning goal came courtesy of Carlos Antunez.
Meanwhile, Mifflin came tearing into Tuesday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Cruisers as they made off with a 4-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Punchers, who have now won four matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Independence is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 3-7-1 record this season. As for Mifflin, they pushed their record up to 6-3-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Independence suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Mifflin when the teams last played back in September of 2022. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Independence was down 5-1.
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