The Freedom Patriots are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they challenge the Pocono Mountain East Cardinals at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Pocono Mountain East took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Freedom, who comes in off a win.
Freedom's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against William Allen as Freedom made off with a 4-0 win. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Patriots considering their one-goal performance the match before.
Meanwhile, Pocono Mountain East managed to keep up with Emmaus until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Pocono Mountain East came up short against Emmaus, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Hornets are ranked seventh).
The victory got Freedom back to even at 1-1. As for Pocono Mountain East, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-2.
Everything went Freedom's way against Pocono Mountain East when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as Freedom made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Freedom since the squad 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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