Soccer Game Preview: Providence Catholic vs. Brother Rice

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Previous Games

10/08/22 - Home	0-3 L
10/09/21 - Away	1-5 L
10/08/19 - Away	1-3 L
10/02/18 - Home	2-2 T
09/05/17 - Home	10-3 W
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Providence Catholic and Brother Rice are an even 3-3-1 against one another since September of 2015, but likely not for long. The Celtics will welcome the Crusaders at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Providence Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.

Providence Catholic is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Fenwick on Thursday. The Celtics fell just short of the Friars by a score of 2-1. Providence Catholic have struggled against Fenwick recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive lost matchup.

Providence Catholic's goal came courtesy of Jovanny Gonzalez, who's now up to 17 this season.

Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last match, Brother Rice made sure to put some goals up on the board against Chicago Mt. Carmel on Thursday. They came out on top against the Caravan by a score of 4-2. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Brother Rice's offense, which had struggled in the games prior.

Brother Rice's win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-4-2 and their overall record up to 5-11-4. As for Providence Catholic, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1-1 and their overall record down to 10-6-3.

Providence Catholic suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Brother Rice in their previous meeting back in October of 2022. Can the Celtics avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.