The Rainier Beach Vikings will head out on the road to face off against the Eastside Catholic Crusaders at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Rainier Beach, yet to win a game, are hoping to taste some of the success that has characterized Eastside Catholic's (thus far) undefeated season.
Rainier Beach fell victim to Seattle Academy and their airtight defense on Friday. They fell just short of the Cardinals by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, Rainier Beach can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 256th, while Seattle Academy are ranked 123rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eastside Catholic). They never let Cleveland get on the board and left with an 8-0 victory on Friday. Eastside Catholic might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by three goals or more this season.
Eastside Catholic's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-0-2. The road victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 14 goals over those three games. As for Rainier Beach, their loss dropped their record down to 0-12-1.
Rainier Beach suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Eastside Catholic when the teams last played back in March. Can the Vikings avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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