Soccer Game Preview: Covenant Day Heads Out

By Team Reports Sep 2, 2024, 2:14am

Soccer Preview: Covenant Day vs. Charlotte Christian

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Covenant Day is 8-2 against Charlotte Christian since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Covenant Day Lions will be staying on the road to face off against the Charlotte Christian Knights at 6:00 p.m. Covenant Day is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.

Covenant Day's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top against Asheville School (Independent) by a score of 2-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Lions were the better team in the second half.

Chayce Johnson and Matthew Chapman scored both of Covenant Day's goals, which were season-firsts for both players.

Meanwhile, Charlotte Christian was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They came up short against Christ School, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 229th, while the Greenies are ranked 31st).

Covenant Day's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Charlotte Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.

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