Coal City has been away from home for two games now, but on Tuesday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Universal Stars at 5:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Coal City's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 9-0 margin over Sandwich. The Coalers' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matches.
Their offense was hitting Sandwich from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Kaleb Reinert led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Universal had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals) and they went ahead and made it five last Tuesday. They put the hurt on Chicago Mathematics & Science with a sharp 5-0 win. Ibrahim Muthana had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Stars got from the refs.
Coal City is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6-1 record this season. As for Universal, they pushed their record up to 13-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home.
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