Soccer Preview: Blue Mountain vs. Pottsville
Blue Mountain has gone 8-0 against Pottsville recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Blue Mountain Eagles will host the Pottsville Crimson Tide at 6:15 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Blue Mountain has four straight wins, Pottsville has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Blue Mountain's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They blew past Marian Catholic 6-0. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won nine matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Pottsville fell victim to Shenandoah Valley and their airtight defense on Saturday. They lost 5-0 to the Blue Devils. While losing is never fun, the Crimson Tide can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 532nd, while the Blue Devils are ranked 111th).
Blue Mountain's victory bumped their record up to 9-5-1. As for Pottsville, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11-1.
Everything went Blue Mountain's way against Pottsville in their previous matchup back in September, as Blue Mountain made off with a 7-0 win. Does Blue Mountain have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pottsville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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