The Meadowbrook Monarchs are taking a road trip to face off against the Thomas Dale Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Meadowbrook fell victim to Prince George and their airtight defense on Thursday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Royals.
Meanwhile, Thomas Dale managed to keep up with Matoaca until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Knights came up short against the Warriors, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, Thomas Dale can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 247th, while Matoaca are ranked 116th).
Meadowbrook now has a losing record of 4-5-3. As for Thomas Dale, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-12.
Meadowbrook skirted past Thomas Dale 1-0 in their previous meeting back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Monarchs since the squad 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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