The Chisago Lakes Area Wildcats will venture away from home to challenge the St. Francis Fighting Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Chisago Lakes Area, yet to win a game, are hoping to taste some of the success that has characterized St. Francis' (thus far) undefeated season.
Chisago Lakes Area is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They fell just short of Cambridge-Isanti by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. The match was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but the Wildcats couldn't quite close it out.
While St. Francis didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-12-1), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They beat Zimmerman by a goal, winning 3-2. Given the Fighting Saints' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota soccer rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Thunder are ranked 140th), the result on Monday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chisago Lakes Area's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for St. Francis, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Chisago Lakes Area was able to grind out a solid victory over St. Francis in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Chisago Lakes Area 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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