Soccer Preview: Fox Chapel Meets Hempfield Area + How To Watch

Fox Chapel has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will take on the Hempfield Area Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hempfield Area is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.0 goals per game this season.

On Thursday, Fox Chapel came up short against Norwin and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, Fox Chapel can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 285th, while Norwin are ranked 26th).

Meanwhile, for the first time this season, Hempfield Area was forced to settle for a draw. They and Gateway finished up their contest with a 2-2 draw on Thursday.

With that draw, Hempfield Area's record moves to 2-1-1. As for Fox Chapel, their defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-4-1.