The Nazareth Academy Roadrunners are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Timothy Christian Trojans at 6:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Nazareth Academy's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Lyons on Saturday. They lost 4-0 to the Lions. While losing is never fun, Nazareth Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 138th, while Lyons is ranked sixth).
Meanwhile, Timothy Christian's game on Friday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. Their defense stepped up to hand Calvin Christian a 1-0 shutout. The win made it back-to-back victories for Timothy Christian.
Nazareth Academy's defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-8-3. As for Timothy Christian, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season.
Nazareth Academy took their win against Timothy Christian when the teams last played back in March of 2015 by a conclusive 5-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Nazareth Academy 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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