Soccer Preview: Pleasant Plains/New Berlin vs. Athens/PORTA
Pleasant Plains/New Berlin is 5-0 against Athens/PORTA since April of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Pleasant Plains/New Berlin Cardinals will head out on the road to take on the Athens/PORTA Warriors at 5:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Athens/PORTA is hoping to do on Monday what they couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Pleasant Plains/New Berlin's winning streak, which now stands at 14 games. Pleasant Plains/New Berlin's defense stepped up to hand Athens/PORTA a 5-0 shutout. Given Pleasant Plains/New Berlin's advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while Athens/PORTA is ranked 109th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pleasant Plains/New Berlin pushed their record up to 18-1 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Athens/PORTA, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3-1 record this season.
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