The Metea Valley Mustangs are on the road again on Friday to play the Plainfield Central Wildcats at 6:00 p.m.
Metea Valley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. While the 3-3 score might suggest a draw, it was Metea Valley who was credited with the win. Metea Valley got it done in the shootout by posting three goals to Marmion's one. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Cadets are ranked 150th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Metea Valley hit Marmion with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Sahil Khare,
Jake Anargyros, and
Edson Rodriguez.
Plainfield Central's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They won by a goal and slipped past Plainfield East 1-0. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by just one goal.
Metea Valley's victory bumped their record up to 12-8-4. As for Plainfield Central, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 17-2-3.
Metea Valley took their victory against Plainfield Central in their previous matchup back in September of 2019 by a conclusive 6-1. Will Metea Valley repeat their success, or does Plainfield Central have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
