Father McGivney Catholic has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Metro-East Lutheran Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Father McGivney Catholic has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 23 goals over their last three matchups.
In what's become a running theme this season, Father McGivney Catholic gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Gibault Catholic as Father McGivney Catholic made off with a 7-0 win. Seven seems to be a good number for Father McGivney Catholic as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Their offense was hitting Gibault Catholic from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Hayden Etcheson led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Metro-East Lutheran was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 7-0 to Althoff Catholic. While losing is never fun, Metro-East Lutheran can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 393rd, while Althoff Catholic is ranked 104th).
Father McGivney Catholic pushed their record up to 15-3-3 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Metro-East Lutheran, their loss dropped their record down to 1-15-2.
Father McGivney Catholic took their victory against Metro-East Lutheran when the teams last played back in April by a conclusive 9-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Father McGivney Catholic 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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