Soccer Preview: Effingham vs. Mascoutah
The Effingham Hearts will take on the Mascoutah Indians at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Effingham comes in on three and Mascoutah on six.
Effingham's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Mahomet-Seymour , sneaking past 1-0. Give the Hearts' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Maicol Sefton, who's now up to 38 this season.
Meanwhile, Mascoutah's and Civic Memorial's game on Thursday was close at halftime, but Mascoutah turned on the heat in the second half with two goals. Everything went Mascoutah's way against Civic Memorial as Mascoutah made off with a 3-0 win. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matchups by three goals or more this season.
Effingham pushed their record up to 18-2 with the victory, which was their 12th straight at home. As for Mascoutah, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a massive bump to their 15-7 record this season.
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