The Greensburg Salem Golden Lions will venture away from home to challenge the Mt. Pleasant Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Greensburg Salem is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Greensburg Salem is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten goals on Monday, they were much more limited against Charleroi on Tuesday. They lost 15-0 to the Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Golden Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 555th, while the Cougars are ranked 103rd).
Meanwhile, Mt. Pleasant had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They never let the Cougars onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory. Considering the Vikings have won six games by more than three goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Yough from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Greensburg Salem's loss dropped their record down to 2-12-1. As for Mt. Pleasant, their win bumped their record up to 10-4.
Greensburg Salem came up short against Mt. Pleasant when the teams last played back in September, falling 2-0. Can Greensburg Salem avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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