Mt. Pleasant is 7-0 against Derry since September of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Mt. Pleasant Vikings will challenge the Derry Trojans at 6:00 p.m. Mt. Pleasant is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.5 goals per game this season.
Mt. Pleasant is headed into Monday's contest hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of South Park on Saturday. That's two games in a row now that the Vikings have lost by exactly two goals.
Their goal came courtesy of
Aidan Johnson, who's now up to eight this season.
Meanwhile, Derry was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They came up short against Charleroi, falling 10-0. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 508th, while the Cougars are ranked 101st).
Mt. Pleasant's defeat dropped their record down to 7-4. As for Derry, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Everything went Mt. Pleasant's way against Derry in their previous matchup back in August as Mt. Pleasant made off with a 5-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mt. Pleasant 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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