West Scranton pushed their score to eight the last time they played Mid Valley, but on Thursday they couldn't quite do it again. The West Scranton Invaders' defense stepped up to hand the Mid Valley Spartans a 2-0 shutout. Given the Invaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 116th, while the Spartans are ranked 440th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Costance Jules and
Bryan Barbosa scored both of West Scranton's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
West Scranton is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which somehow isn't as good as their 5-1-1 record this season. As for Mid Valley, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.
West Scranton will face off against Gregory The Great Academy at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Mid Valley, they will look to defend their home pitch on Saturday against Holy Cross at 10:00 a.m.
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