The North Penn Knights are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Central Bucks East Patriots at 3:30 p.m.
Last Thursday, North Penn didn't have quite enough to beat Pennridge and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Rams are ranked fourth).
Meanwhile, Central Bucks East came tearing into Monday's match with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Bucks a 3-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Patriots, who have now won 12 matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
North Penn's loss dropped their record down to 6-8-1. As for Central Bucks East, they pushed their record up to 19-1 with the win, which was their 11th straight on the road.
North Penn might still be hurting after the 6-0 defeat they got from Central Bucks East in their previous meeting back in September. Can North Penn avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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