The Jim Thorpe Olympians will face off against the Dallas Mountaineers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Jim Thorpe comes in on four and Dallas on seven.
Jim Thorpe is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Franklin Towne with a sharp 6-2 win. The result was nothing new for the Olympians, who have now won eight matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Dallas earned a 3-1 victory over Selinsgrove on Tuesday. Given the Mountaineers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 21st, while the Seals are ranked 139th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Dallas pushed their record up to 17-4-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 20 goals over those six games. As for Jim Thorpe, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season.
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