Soccer Preview: Holy Cross vs. Carbondale Area
The Holy Cross Crusaders will head out on the road to square off against the Carbondale Area Chargers at 4:15 p.m. on Monday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Holy Cross is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Old Forge on Saturday. They lost 4-0 to the Blue Devils. The Crusaders haven't had much luck with the Blue Devils recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Meanwhile, Carbondale Area was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They came up short against Old Forge, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, the Chargers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 550th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 261st).
Holy Cross now has a losing record at 5-6-1. As for Carbondale Area, their loss dropped their record down to 0-11-1.
Holy Cross skirted past Carbondale Area 2-1 when the teams last played back in September of 2018. The rematch might be a little tougher for Holy Cross since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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