East Valley is 10-0 against Rogers since March of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The East Valley Knights and the Rogers Pirates are set to duel. East Valley will be strutting in after a win while Rogers will be coming in after a defeat.
East Valley will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Clarkston, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. East Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Clarkston on Tuesday, sneaking past 3-2. That's two games straight that the Knights have won by just one goal.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Rogers' offense. They came up short against Deer Park on Tuesday, falling 15-0. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 236th, while the Stags are ranked 116th).
East Valley's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-6-1. As for Rogers, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-12.
East Valley took their win against Rogers in their previous meeting on October 8th by a conclusive 9-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Valley since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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