Soccer Game Preview: Monroe-Woodbury vs. Valley Central

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Previous Games

10/21/22 - Home	3-0 W
09/27/22 - Home	5-0 W
10/14/21 - Away	2-1 W
09/27/21 - Home	5-0 W
09/27/19 - Home	3-0 W
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Monroe-Woodbury is a perfect 10-0 against Valley Central since September of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Crusaders will welcome the Vikings at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Monroe-Woodbury has four straight wins, Valley Central has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.

Monroe-Woodbury proved they can win big on Thursday (they won by three) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Pine Bush 2-1. Given Monroe-Woodbury's advantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 28th, while Pine Bush are ranked 364th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Liam MCGEE and Jayden SCAMARONE scored both of Monroe-Woodbury's goals, bringing their combined season tally to five goals.

Meanwhile, Valley Central came up short against Warwick on Wednesday, falling 4-1.

Valley Central's loss dropped their record down to 3-10. As for Monroe-Woodbury, their victory bumped their record up to 10-3.

Everything went Monroe-Woodbury's way against Valley Central when the teams last played back in October of 2022, as Monroe-Woodbury made off with a 3-0 win. Will the Crusaders repeat their success, or do the Vikings have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.