The South Rebels will challenge the Valley Forge Patriots at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
South came into their game on Tuesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They lost 10-2 to Kenston. The defeat continues a trend for South in their meetings with Kenston: they've now lost five in a row.
Meanwhile, Valley Forge fell victim to Bay and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They came up short against the Rockets, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, Valley Forge can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 468th, while Bay are ranked 28th).
South's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 9-4-2. As for Valley Forge, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-14.
Everything went South's way against Valley Forge in their previous meeting back in September of 2017, as South made off with a 4-1 victory. Will the Rebels repeat their success, or do the Patriots have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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