Soccer Preview: Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter vs. Monrovia
The Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter Raiders's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Monrovia Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Thursday, they were much more limited against Indianapolis Bishop Chatard on Saturday. They came up short against the Trojans, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 213th, while the Trojans are ranked 26th).
Meanwhile, Monrovia had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.2 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They never let the Tigers onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory. Considering the Bulldogs have won 12 matches by more than five goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter's defeat dropped their record down to 5-8-1. As for Monrovia, their win was their tenth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 12-1.
Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter might still be hurting after the 7-0 loss they got from Monrovia when the teams last played back in August of 2023. Can Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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