The Avalon Black Knights will face off against the Field Falcons at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Avalon will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Avalon is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They lost 7-2 to St. Anselm's Abbey on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Black Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 248th in Maryland, while the Panthers are ranked 56th in District of Columbia).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Field was not quite Don Bosco Cristo Rey's equal in the second half last Thursday. They fell just short of the Wolfpack by a score of 4-3.
Avalon's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Field, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-4 record this season.
Everything went Avalon's way against Field in their previous meeting back in September of 2021, as Avalon made off with a 6-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Avalon 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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