Gameday Focus: Boy’s Soccer vs Delran

Gameday Focus: Boy’s Soccer vs Delran

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Boy’s down 3-0 late second half. 

The boy’s soccer team will play host to rival Delran this afternoon at Cinnaminson High School. Here is our Gameday Focus for the contest.

When: Tuesday, September 27 at 3:45pm

Where: Cinnaminson High School

Pirates 2-3-1, 2-2 Liberty

The boy’s soccer team has started the season with a 2-3-1 record and a 2-2 mark in the division.

Cinnaminson recently fell to Delsea by a 3-1 score on Saturday at home.

Prior to that game, the Pirates evened their division record with a thrilling 2-1 victory over Burlington Township.

The other division win for the Pirates this year came against Pennsauken, 3-0, on senior night.

The Pirates two divisional losses came against Rancocas Valley and Moorestown.

Chris Updike leads the Pirates in scoring this season with four goals. Finn Raymond leads the team in assists with three.

Bears 6-1, 4-0 Liberty

Delran has jumped out to a 6-1 record to start the 2016 season in defense of their SJ2 title.

The Bears are also 4-0 in the Liberty with wins against Burlington Township, Northern Burlington, Rancocas Valley and Pennsauken.

Delran has allowed just five goals this season, three of them in a 3-1 loss to Kiski (Pa.).

The other two goals allowed came in a 3-2 win over Notre Dame on Saturday.

All four of their Liberty Division wins have come via shutout as the Bears have outscored those opponents 15-0.

Head to Head

This is the first meeting between the Pirates and Bears since Delran won the South, Group 2 sectional in 2015 at Cinnaminson on penalty kicks.

These two teams split the regular season series in 2015, with the Pirates picking up a 3-2 win before falling 1-0 later in the season.

In 2014, the Pirates swept the regular season series with wins of 2-1 and 5-1.

Bookmark this post and use it for live updates when the game begins at 3:45pm. Check the site later tonight for a full recap of the game from George Rider.

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Jim Vassallo
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Jim is the creator and editor of Cinn City Sports. He also created At the Dish, Life With Tony and Enzo and is the owner of JAVFreelancing. He coached baseball for five years, three at his former high school (Holy Cross in Delran, NJ) and two at prominent Division III program Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. He has worked for the Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, NJ; Metro Networks in Bala Cynwyd, PA; and was the play-by-play announcer for the Camden Riversharks of the Independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball for two seasons (2007-2008) on Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM, the student-run radio station at Rowan University. Jim earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and minor in Journalism from Rowan University in 2008. While in school he was the Assistant Sports Director at WGLS for two years and the Sports Director for one year. He also covered the football, baseball, softball and both basketball teams for the school newspaper 'The Whit.' He is the former Sports Editor for the Cinnaminson and Moorestown Patch websites. Jim lives in New Jersey with his wife Nicole, sons Tony and Enzo and dog Phoebe. He can be reached at jimvassallo@cinncitynews.com

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