The Coatesville Red Raiders will head out to challenge the Strath Haven Panthers at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Coatesville's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for seven straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Coatesville and Great Valley met for a duel on Monday where Coatesville had to take the L. Coatesville lost 4-0 to Great Valley. While losing is never fun, the Red Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 387th, while the Patriots are ranked 30th).
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Strath Haven ultimately got the result they hoped for on Saturday. They had just enough and edged Bayard Rustin out 2-1. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by just one goal.
Coatesville's loss dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Strath Haven, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-8.
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