Soccer Preview: Cardinal Mooney vs. Liberty-Benton
The Cardinal Mooney Cardinals will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Liberty-Benton Eagles at 10:00 a.m.
Cardinal Mooney is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Western Reserve Academy just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Wednesday. They lost 5-0 to the Pioneers. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 80th, while the Pioneers are ranked first).
Meanwhile, Liberty-Benton entered their tilt with Riverdale on Thursday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. Their defense stepped up to hand the Falcons a 10-0 shutout. Considering the Eagles have won ten games by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Riverdale from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Trevor Ferris led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Cardinal Mooney's defeat dropped their record down to 8-4. As for Liberty-Benton, their win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 13-1.
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