Soccer Game Preview: Eastside Catholic vs. Seattle Academy

The Eastside Catholic Crusaders will head out to face off against the Seattle Academy Cardinals at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Eastside Catholic is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.

Eastside Catholic is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Rainier Beach a 14-0 shutout on Monday. Given Eastside Catholic's advantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while Rainier Beach are ranked 258th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Seattle Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They came out on top against West Seattle by a score of 2-0.

Eastside Catholic pushed their record up to 11-0-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three games. As for Seattle Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2-5.