The Mid Valley Spartans will face off against the West Scranton Invaders at 6:00 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.
Mid Valley's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Dunmore on Saturday. They lost 8-0 to the Bucks. 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 387th, while the Bucks are ranked 30th).
Meanwhile, West Scranton entered their match against Dunmore on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. West Scranton fell just short of Dunmore by a score of 2-1. The defeat continues a trend for the Invaders in their matchups with the Bucks: they've now lost eight in a row.
This is the second loss in a row for Mid Valley and nudges their season record down to 1-4. As for West Scranton, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1-1.
Mid Valley might still be hurting after the 8-1 defeat they got from West Scranton when the teams last played back in October of 2021. Can Mid Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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