Western is 0-6 against Valley since September of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Western Indians will square off against the Valley Indians at 6:00 p.m. Western is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4 goals per game this season.
Western will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Thursday, then bounced right back against Clay on Tuesday. Western sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 win over Clay. The Indians' winning goal came courtesy of Jorge Pajares.
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, Valley was a bit more limited in their contest on Wednesday. They came up short against Minford, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 261st, while the Falcons are ranked 103rd).
The victory got Western back to even at 3-3. As for Valley, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
Western suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to Valley in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Western was down 4-0.
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