The Brentwood Spartans and the Aquinas Academy Crusaders are set to duel on Thursday. Brentwood is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.6 goals per game this season.
Brentwood is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals on Monday, they were much more limited against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart on Tuesday. They came up short against the Chargers, falling 8-1. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 441st, while the Chargers are ranked 102nd).
Brentwood's goal came courtesy of
Patrick Ziegler, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Aquinas Academy). Their defense stepped up to hand Carrick a 10-0 shutout on Saturday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Brentwood has traveled a rocky road recently having lost seven of their last nine contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 6-7 record this season. As for Aquinas Academy, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-3.
Brentwood came up short against Aquinas Academy when the teams last played back in September, falling 2-0. Will Brentwood have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.
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