The Rootstown Rovers will take on the United Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Last Monday, Rootstown didn't have quite enough to beat John F. Kennedy Catholic and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Rovers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 255th, while the Eagles are ranked 107th).
Meanwhile, United fell victim to Crestwood and their airtight defense on Saturday. They fell just short of the Red Devils by a score of 1-0.
Rootstown's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for United, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.
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