The Calais Blue Devils will head out on the road to take on the Searsport Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Calais has three straight victories, Searsport has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Calais is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Deer Isle-Stonington a 10-0 shutout on Monday. The result was nothing new for the Blue Devils, who have now won three contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Deer Isle-Stonington from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Dale Mendez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Searsport was a bit more limited in their game on Saturday. They lost 8-0 to Greenville. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maine soccer rankings (they are ranked 121st, while the Lakers are ranked ninth).
Calais pushed their record up to 5-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Searsport, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Calais took their victory against Searsport in their previous meeting on September 7th by a conclusive 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Calais 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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