Soccer Preview: Olympic vs. Legion Collegiate Academy
The Olympic Trojans will challenge the Legion Collegiate Academy Lancers at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Olympic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Olympic took a loss when they played away from home last Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Mallard Creek. The Trojans found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: Pedro Rodriguez and Samuel Morales were both handed yellow cards.
Olympic hit Mallard Creek with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jefferson Gutierrez,
Anthony Gonzalez, and
Parker Coffey.
Meanwhile, Legion Collegiate Academy entered their matchup against Charlotte Latin on Monday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Legion Collegiate Academy fell just short of Charlotte Latin by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 92nd in South Carolina, while the Hawks are ranked 20th in North Carolina).
Olympic's win bumped their record up to 4-2-1. As for Legion Collegiate Academy, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-2 record.
Olympic took their victory against Legion Collegiate Academy when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Olympic since the team 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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