The Normandy Invaders are taking a road trip to challenge the South Rebels at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Normandy is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against North Olmsted on Wednesday. Normandy took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of North Olmsted. While losing is never fun, the Invaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 353rd, while the Eagles are ranked 125th).
Meanwhile, South entered their matchup against Chardon on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. South fell 2-0 to Chardon. The Rebels have struggled against the Hilltoppers recently, as their contest on Tuesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
This is the second loss in a row for Normandy and nudges their season record down to 1-4. As for South, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Normandy took their victory against South when the teams last played back in August of 2022 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Normandy 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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