The Seattle Academy Cardinals will venture away from home to square off against the Franklin Quakers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Seattle Academy is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Eastside Catholic just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Crusaders by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, Seattle Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 127th, while Eastside Catholic are ranked 42nd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Franklin). They blew past Rainier Beach 8-0 on Wednesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
The win got Franklin back to even at 6-6-3. As for Seattle Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-3-5.
Seattle Academy took their victory against Franklin when the teams last played back in April by a conclusive 4-1 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Cardinals 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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