The Centennial Knights are taking a road trip to face off against the Blessed Trinity Titans at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Centennial has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight losses, while Blessed Trinity will come in with seven straight victories.
Centennial fell victim to Cambridge and their airtight defense on Friday. They lost 10-0 to the Bears. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the Bears are ranked 78th).
While Blessed Trinity didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-13-1), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against Kell on Friday as Blessed Trinity made off with a 9-0 win. The Titans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Kell from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal. Alba Zaccagnino led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Blessed Trinity pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those four games. As for Centennial, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5.
Centennial skirted past Blessed Trinity 1-0 when the teams last played back in February of 2016. The rematch might be a little tougher for Centennial 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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