Soccer Recap: North Plainfield Comes Up Short

Despite a strong season so far, North Plainfield has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They came up short against the St. Joseph Falcons on Thursday, falling 4-1. While losing is never fun, North Plainfield can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey soccer rankings (they are ranked 94th, while St. Joseph are ranked fourth).

North Plainfield's loss dropped their record down to 7-3-1. As for St. Joseph, their win bumped their record up to 10-0.

Coming up, North Plainfield will square off against South Plainfield at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. Joseph has already played their next match (against Linden), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.