Soccer Preview: Lancaster Catholic vs. Cocalico
The Lancaster Catholic Crusaders will head out to face off against the Cocalico Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Lancaster Catholic sitting on six straight wins and Cocalico on 13.
Lancaster Catholic's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Pequea Valley. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Braves are ranked 210th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gianlucka Barboza and
Stephen Scott scored both of Lancaster Catholic's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
Meanwhile, Cocalico hadn't done well against Elizabethtown recently (they were 1-6 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Cocalico beat Elizabethtown by a goal, winning 2-1. That's two games straight that the Eagles have won by just one goal.
Lancaster Catholic has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3-1 record this season. As for Cocalico, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-3-1.
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