Soccer Preview: Evergreen vs. Emmanuel Christian
After four games on the road, Evergreen is heading back home. They will welcome the Emmanuel Christian Warriors at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Thursday, Evergreen didn't have quite enough to beat Ottawa Hills and fell 3-2. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 307th, while the Green Bears are ranked 116th).
Landon Kiefer and
Brogan Eisel scored both of Evergreen's goals, which were season-firsts for both players.
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, Emmanuel Christian was a bit more limited in their game on Monday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Oak Harbor. The contest was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Warriors couldn't quite close it out.
Evergreen has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-6-1 record this season. As for Emmanuel Christian, they dropped their record down to 4-6-2 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Everything went Evergreen's way against Emmanuel Christian in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as Evergreen made off with an 8-0 win. Will Evergreen repeat their success, or does Emmanuel Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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