Soccer Preview: Morgantown vs. Wheeling Park
Morgantown and Wheeling Park are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2020, but likely not for long. The Morgantown Mohigans are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Wheeling Park Patriots at 6:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Morgantown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Bridgeport, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Morgantown was ranked tenth). Morgantown's defense stepped up to hand Bridgeport a 4-0 shutout on Thursday. Give the Mohigans' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
They hit Bridgeport with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Rayyan Hanif (2),
Alexander Gonzalez-Tanon, and
Riley Brabson.
Meanwhile, Wheeling Park got the win against Buckhannon-Upshur on Tuesday by a conclusive 10-0.
Morgantown's win bumped their record up to 4-0-1. As for Wheeling Park, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Morgantown beat Wheeling Park by a goal when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Morgantown 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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