The Pittsfield Generals will challenge the Pope Francis Prep Cardinals at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Pittsfield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.6 goals per game this season.
Pittsfield will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Thursday, then bounced right back against Wahconah Regional on Saturday. Pittsfield never let Wahconah Regional onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Generals, who have now won three games by five goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Wahconah Regional from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Meanwhile, Pope Francis Prep hasn't lost a match yet, a trend which continued in their latest game on Monday. They won by a goal and slipped past East Longmeadow 3-2. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts soccer rankings (they are ranked 28th, while the Spartans are ranked 168th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pittsfield has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-0-2 record this season. As for Pope Francis Prep, their record is now 4-0-1.
Pittsfield took their win against Pope Francis Prep when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 5-0. Will Pittsfield repeat their success, or does Pope Francis Prep have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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