The North Rangers will head out to take on the Valley Forge Patriots at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (North has three straight victories, Valley Forge has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Thursday, North narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Conneaut 2-1.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Valley Forge's offense. They lost 8-0 to Rocky River on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 434th, while the Pirates are ranked 14th).
North's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Valley Forge, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
North might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Valley Forge when the teams last played back in September of 2020. Can North avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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