The Holy Cross Crusaders will head out on the road to take on the Mid Valley Spartans at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Holy Cross' offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Montrose on Thursday. They lost 3-0 to the Meteors. The Crusaders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Mid Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of West Scranton. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 509th, while the Invaders are ranked 153rd).
Holy Cross now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Mid Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Holy Cross took their victory against Mid Valley when the teams last played back in September of 2019 by a conclusive 6-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Holy Cross since the team 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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