The Chattanooga Christian Chargers are on the road again on Thursday to play the Father Ryan Irish at 6:00 p.m. Chattanooga Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.7 goals per game this season.
Chattanooga Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: McCallie, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Chattanooga Christian was ranked 14th). Chattanooga Christian fell 4-2 to McCallie on Saturday. Chattanooga Christian has struggled against McCallie recently, as their match on Saturday was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Ethan Regis and
Josh Grant scored both of Chattanooga Christian's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 24 goals.
Meanwhile, Father Ryan won against Hillsboro back in April with two goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again last Friday. Father Ryan's defense stepped up to hand Pope John Paul II a 2-0 shutout. Given Father Ryan's advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee soccer rankings (they are ranked 30th, while Pope John Paul II is ranked 101st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chattanooga Christian's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-3-2. As for Father Ryan, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-5-3.
Chattanooga Christian came up short against Father Ryan in their previous meeting back in March of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Chattanooga Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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