Soccer Recap: Mergenthaler Vo-Tech Falls to Forest Park in First Game of Season + How To Watch

Mergenthaler Vo-Tech unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-pitch advantage in their season opener. They fell just short of the Forest Park Foresters by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. The match was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but Mergenthaler Vo-Tech couldn't quite close it out.

The victory made it two in a row for Forest Park and bumps their season record up to 3-1.

Mergenthaler Vo-Tech will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Douglass at 3:45 p.m. on October 8. As for Forest Park, they didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next contest, a 4-0 win against Lewis on the 26th.