The Phoenix Firebirds will take on the Salmon River Shamrocks on Wednesday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Phoenix came up short against Marcellus on Sunday, falling 9-1. While losing is never fun, Phoenix can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 134th, while Marcellus are ranked 16th).
Meanwhile, it's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Salmon River can now relate to. They lost 6-0 to the Golden Bears on Saturday.
Salmon River's loss dropped their record down to 2-6-1. As for Phoenix, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-3-2.
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