Soccer Preview: Charlotte Catholic vs. Marvin Ridge
The Charlotte Catholic Cougars will challenge the Marvin Ridge Mavericks at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Charlotte Catholic comes in on 11 and Marvin Ridge on 13.
Charlotte Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over South Mecklenburg. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Sabres are ranked 33rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mason Poveromo and
Matthew Griffin scored both of Charlotte Catholic's goals, bringing their combined season tally to seven goals.
Myers Park typically has all the answers at home, but on Saturday Marvin Ridge proved too difficult a challenge. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Mustangs 4-3.
Marvin Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 17 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 66 goals over those 17 matchups. As for Charlotte Catholic, they pushed their record up to 20-4 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Everything went Charlotte Catholic's way against Marvin Ridge in their previous matchup back in August, as Charlotte Catholic made off with a 3-0 win. Will Charlotte Catholic repeat their success, or does Marvin Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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