Soccer Game Recap: Manteo Comes Up Short

By Team Reports Sep 18, 2024, 5:20am

Soccer Recap: Manteo vs. Catholic

Manteo and Catholic combined for ten shots on goal on Wednesday, which explains the impressive six total goals scored. The Manteo Redskins lost 5-1 to the Catholic Crusaders. While losing is never fun, the Redskins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 244th in North Carolina, while the Crusaders are ranked 12th in Virginia).

Manteo's goal came courtesy of Alonzo Hernandez-Torres, who's now up to 12 this season.

This is the second loss in a row for Manteo and nudges their season record down to 4-5. As for Catholic, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-2.

Manteo will look to defend their home pitch on Monday against Holmes at 5:00 p.m. Holmes is coming into the contest with five straight victories on the road, so Manteo will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for Catholic, they will head out to square off against Steward at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Catholic is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.

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