Soccer Preview: De La Salle vs. IC Catholic Prep
De La Salle has gone 5-0 against IC Catholic Prep recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The De La Salle Meteors' road trip will continue as they head out to face the IC Catholic Prep Knights at 5:30 p.m. De La Salle is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
De La Salle is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Lincoln-Way Central, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (De La Salle was ranked 13th). De La Salle came out on top against Lincoln-Way Central by a score of 3-1 on Sunday. Three seems to be a good number for the Meteors as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Mario Ramirez and
Alex Panduro scored all three of De La Salle's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 23 goals.
Meanwhile, IC Catholic Prep's game on Tuesday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. Their defense stepped up to hand Montini Catholic a 2-0 shutout. Filip Ciepiela had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Knights got from the refs.
IC Catholic Prep used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Montini Catholic. And. Alan Salgado played for 80 minutes having averaged 60 this season. The new lineup might be seeing more playing time going forward considering the group combined for a total of one goal and two assist.
De La Salle's record now sits at 17-1. As for IC Catholic Prep, their record now sits at 4-5.
De La Salle was able to grind out a solid victory over IC Catholic Prep in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for De La Salle since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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