Soccer Game Preview: Catholic Central Heads Out

By Team Reports Sep 6, 2024, 2:13am

Soccer Preview: Catholic Central vs. Graham Local

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The Catholic Central Irish will hit the road for the first time this season to square off against the Graham Local Falcons at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday.

Catholic Central's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Greeneview on Thursday. They lost 6-0 to the Rams. The Irish have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

While Graham Local didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-10-4), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Their defense stepped up to hand North Union a 10-0 shutout on Wednesday. Considering the Falcons have won three matches by more than three goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Catholic Central's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Graham Local, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.

Everything went Catholic Central's way against Graham Local in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Catholic Central made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Catholic Central since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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