The Rocky River Pirates will take on the Normandy Invaders at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Rocky River is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Avon on Monday. They came up short against the Eagles, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, Rocky River can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 107th, while Avon are ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Normandy). They never let Holy Name get on the board and left with a 4-0 win on Saturday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Normandy considering their one-goal performance the matchup before.
With the victory, Normandy broke their three-match losing streak and moved their record to 3-7-5. As for Rocky River, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6-1.
Rocky River took their win against Normandy in their previous meeting back in October of 2024 by a conclusive 11-0 score. Will the Pirates repeat their success, or do the Invaders have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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