Northampton (12-4, 10-3) and Parkland (14-4, 12-2) will likely be tired of each other before the soccer postseason comes to an end.

A 1-0 Parkland win Monday night gave the two teams a split of their regular season games and it's very possible they'll meet again in the Lehigh Valley Conference playoffs next week and potentially again in the District 11 playoffs down the road.

After a disappointing loss, Northampton coach Craig Carvin is hoping that the two teams get at least one more crack at each other.

"We'd like to," said Carvin about a potential meeting of the two teams in the LVC Playoffs. "It's set up so there's no rule against division opponents facing each other, but honestly, that won't matter; if we have to play them, we have to play them. We know each other really, really well now. We got them by one, they got us by one, so we're actually looking forward to it, because I don't think we were happy with what we did today."

The only goal in the game came at the 14:24 mark of the first half when Bronson Strampel took a pass from Belal Mohamed and drove it past goalkeeper Austin Cooper. Throughout the game, Parkland pressured Cooper and the Northampton defense, with much of the play taking place around deep in Northampton's side of the field. For the most part, Cooper was well up to the task, making 14 saves in the game, including four diving saves in the first seven minutes of the second-half.

"Phenomenal game, phenomenal game. I couldn't ask more from him," said Carvin of his sophomore goalie.

The two teams have begun to develop a rivalry, with Parkland taking all three meetings between the two teams last season when the Konkrete Kids made their first-ever appearance in the LVC playoffs. Earlier this season, Northampton picked up a 4-3 win over the Trojans behind three goals from Sam Gaye. As division rivals, Parkland has been the dominant team, but Northampton's program is quickly starting to flex its muscles.

"Craig does a really good job with his club and he's got his kids going in the right direction. I think we're going to face them just like we did last year, in the first round of the playoffs again, so I think it definitely is going to be a rivalry," said Parkland coach Patrick Burns.

Obviously, Northampton is looking for a different outcome in the next meeting and Carvin knows where his team has to get better for the rematch.

"It's the end of the season, it's a huge game and we were outworked by them and that made the difference," explained Carvin. "They were a little more effective at winning 50/50 balls than we were and it's always hard to have to tackle the ball back, so they were able to control the tempo through the whole first-half and for 20 minutes of the second-half, so it was their game, they did a great job."