Downingtown East vs West battle of unbeatens ends in 1-1 draw

Very little has separated the Downingtown East and Downingtown West girls soccer programs this season so it wasn’t a huge surprise that their highly anticipated match on Thursday night ended in a 1-1 stalemate.

Hosts Downingtown East took the lead after a goalkeeper miscue inside 10 minutes but Downingtown West found a second half equalizer from Ashley Thornton.

Downingtown West improved to 8-0-3 with the draw while Downingtown East improved to 9-0-3. With Methacton dropping points for the first time this season in a 1-0 loss to Spring-Ford on Thursday, Downingtown West moved up to the second spot in the District 1 4A rankings behind defending state champions Central Bucks East (12-0-1). East is behind Methacton and Spring-Ford at No. 5 in the rankings.

Photographer Don Robson was on-hand to capture the action on Thursday.

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Matthew Ralph

Matthew Ralph is the managing editor of Philadelphia Soccer Now. He's covered soccer at all levels for a decade in the Philadelphia region and has also written for TheCup.us, NPSL, PrepSoccer and other publications. He lives with his wife and two young children in Broomall, Pa., but grew up in South Jersey and is originally from Kansas.

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