Soccer Preview: Grant Park vs. Clifton Central
Grant Park is 9-1 against Clifton Central since August of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Grant Park Dragons will challenge the Clifton Central Comets at 4:30 p.m. Grant Park is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Grant Park is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Beecher on Wednesday. They came up short against the Bobcats, falling 5-1. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 357th, while the Bobcats are ranked 139th).
Grant Park's goal came courtesy of
Brayden Heldt, who's now up to 20 this season.
Meanwhile, Clifton Central hadn't done well against Hoopeston recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Clifton Central came out on top against Hoopeston by a score of 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Comets.
Grant Park's loss dropped their record down to 10-8-2. As for Clifton Central, their win bumped their record up to 9-11.
Everything went Grant Park's way against Clifton Central in their previous matchup back in September, as Grant Park made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Grant Park since the team 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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