Soccer Preview: Upper Merion Area vs. Upper Perkiomen
Upper Merion Area hasn't had much luck against Upper Perkiomen recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Upper Merion Area Vikings will welcome the Upper Perkiomen Indians at 6:45 p.m.
Upper Merion Area is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Monday, they were much more limited against Perkiomen Valley on Wednesday. They lost 6-0 to the Vikings. While losing is never fun, Upper Merion Area can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 240th, while Perkiomen Valley is ranked 76th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Upper Perkiomen). Their defense stepped up to hand Pottstown a 7-0 shutout on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Indians considering their one-goal performance the matchup before.
Upper Merion Area's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Upper Perkiomen, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-5.
Upper Merion Area suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Upper Perkiomen when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Upper Merion Area avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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