The Vermilion Sailors will head out to challenge the Ontario Warriors at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Vermilion is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Edison just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Chargers by a score of 2-1.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ontario). Everything went their way against Galion on Wednesday as Ontario made off with a 6-0 win. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 172nd, while the Tigers are ranked 523rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Vermilion's defeat dropped their record down to 5-3-1. As for Ontario, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2-2 record this season.
Vermilion was able to grind out a solid victory over Ontario when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Vermilion since the team 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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