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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Thursday Schedule

The Holiday pushes football up to Thursday, but it also pushes up some big soccer games that may get lost in the football madness. Here's a look.

Freehold Twp. at Manalapan, 3:45 p.m.
SJ Vianney at Manasquan, 3:45 p.m.
Ocean at Monmouth, 3:45 p.m.
Mater Dei at St. Rose, 3:45 p.m.
Monsignor Donovan at Lakewood, 3:45 p.m.
Manchester at Jackson Liberty, 3:45 p.m.
Henry Hudson at Asbury Park, 3:45 p.m.
Long Branch at Wall, 4 p.m.
Midd. South at Colts Neck, 4 p.m.
Holmdel at RB Catholic, 4 p.m.
Rumson-FH at Shore, 4 p.m.
Marlboro at Howell, 6 p.m.
Freehold at Matawan, 7 p.m.

Freehold Twp.-Manalapan, Manasquan-SJV, Ocean-Monmouth, Lakewood-Donovan, and Shore-Rumson are all telling games. Manalapan needs some quality wins and a 4-3 first-run through A North would be very disappointing. Meanwhile, Freehold Twp. has a chance to go 6-1 in its first time through A North, which is outstanding. All the more outstanding is the fact that they'd have beaten Howell, Manalapan, and CBA in the process.

Manasquan needs a win more than any other team tomorrow. They are reeling after losing to Raritan and Red Bank, and a loss to SJV would put them way behind the pace in A Central. This was the most talented team coming back, but they haven't played like it. A win for SJV would make them the heavy favorite in the division the rest of the way.

Monmouth has been up and down, while Ocean has been flat out dominant. This game could have an new flavor vs. the old guard theme to it, but its hard to argue against Ocean being the best team in B North right now.

Lakewood has won three straight since dropping its first two, and showed some real defensive prowess in shutting out Kyle Hazard and Point Boro Wednesday night. Donovan can't seem to find its groove and a loss here could really damage what looked to be a promising season.

Shore is a little better than I thought, while Rumson may be even better than I thought. I like the Bulldogs' speed and skill up front, but Shore beat a St. Rose team that Rumson only managed a tie against. I like Rumson in this one and that would put them in the B Central drivers seat.

Also keep an eye on Manchester-Jackson Liberty. Neither team has a win and while Manchester has been very close on a number of occasions, Jackson Lib. has really struggled. Here's to someone getting their first win and Jackson Lib. scoring its first goal in program history.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

SJV and Manasquan tied 0-0

September 20, 2007 at 3:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Monmouth 3 - Ocean 0

September 20, 2007 at 7:31 PM  

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