The Old Forge Blue Devils are taking a road trip to challenge the Mountain View Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Old Forge will be strutting in after a win while Mountain View will be coming in after a loss.
Old Forge's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top against Holy Cross by a score of 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Blue Devils.
Meanwhile, Mountain View was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They fell just short of West Scranton by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 318th, while the Invaders are ranked 82nd).
The victory got Old Forge back to even at 2-2. As for Mountain View, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Old Forge came out on top in a nail-biter against Mountain View in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Old Forge 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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