The Pocono Mountain East Cardinals will venture away from home to challenge the Emmaus Hornets at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Pocono Mountain East is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Northampton on Thursday. They fell just short of the Konkrete Kids by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 74th, while the Konkrete Kids are ranked 19th).
Meanwhile, Emmaus entered their tilt with Cumberland Valley on Saturday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They had just enough and edged the Eagles out 3-2. That's two games straight that the Hornets have won by just one goal.
Having lost for the first time this season, Pocono Mountain East fell to 2-1. As for Emmaus, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Pocono Mountain East might still be hurting after the 6-0 defeat they got from Emmaus in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Pocono Mountain East avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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