Soccer Preview: Brookside vs. Villa Angela-St. Joseph
The Brookside Cardinals will head out on the road to challenge the Villa Angela-St. Joseph Vikings at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Brookside is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Saturday, they were much more limited against Firelands on Wednesday. They lost 6-1 to the Falcons. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 446th, while the Falcons are ranked 160th).
Meanwhile, Villa Angela-St. Joseph kept a clean sheet against Euclid on Saturday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Panthers.
Brookside has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-9-1 record this season. As for Villa Angela-St. Joseph, their victory bumped their record up to 4-6-2.
Brookside suffered a grim 7-3 defeat to Villa Angela-St. Joseph in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. Can Brookside avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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