Marple Newtown is 1-8 against Springfield since September of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Marple Newtown Fightin' Tigers will look to defend their home pitch against the Springfield Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Marple Newtown's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Henderson on Thursday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Warriors. That's two games in a row now that the Fightin' Tigers have lost by exactly two goals.
Despite a strong season so far, Springfield has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They came up short against Conestoga last Thursday, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 106th, while the Pioneers are ranked seventh).
Marple Newtown's loss dropped their record down to 7-6-2. As for Springfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-3.
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