The Eastside Catholic Crusaders will face off against the Rainier Beach Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eastside Catholic has five straight wins, Rainier Beach has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Eastside Catholic is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Cleveland get on the board and left with an 8-0 victory on Friday. The result was nothing new for Eastside Catholic, who have now won seven contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Rainier Beach's offense. They fell just short of Seattle Academy by a score of 1-0 on Friday. 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).
Eastside Catholic pushed their record up to 10-0-2 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 14 goals over those three matches. As for Rainier Beach, their loss dropped their record down to 0-12-1.
Eastside Catholic took their win against Rainier Beach when the teams last played back in March by a conclusive 6-0 score. Do the Crusaders have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Vikings turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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