Soccer Preview: St. Francis vs. Chisago Lakes Area
The St. Francis Fighting Saints will challenge the Chisago Lakes Area Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Francis has five straight wins, Chisago Lakes Area has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
While St. Francis didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-12-1), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They had just enough and edged Zimmerman out 3-2 on Monday. Given the Fighting Saints' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota soccer rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Thunder are ranked 140th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Chisago Lakes Area was not quite Cambridge-Isanti's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell just short of the Bluejackets by a score of 2-1.
St. Francis' victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Chisago Lakes Area, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
St. Francis came up short against Chisago Lakes Area in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Will St. Francis have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.
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