Soccer Preview: Firelands vs. Brookside
Firelands is 9-1 against Brookside since October of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Firelands Falcons will square off against the Brookside Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Firelands' defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They blew past Oberlin 7-0. The Falcons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matches by four goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Brookside, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 5-1 margin over Clearview on Saturday. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Cardinals' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
They hit Clearview with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Noah Adkins (2),
Landon Goodrich,
Cole Lapohn, and
Joe DeLuca.
Firelands is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which somehow still isn't as good as their 13-2-1 record this season. As for Brookside, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-8-1 record.
Firelands took their victory against Brookside in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 7-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Firelands 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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