The St. Thomas Catholic Eagles will head out to take on the Village Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Village will be up against a hot St. Thomas Catholic squad: the team just extended their winning streak to five. St. Thomas Catholic came within a single goal of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against St. Pius X.
Jeremiah Mondragon and Asher St. Clair Foster scored both of St. Thomas Catholic's goals, bringing their combined season tally to four goals.
Meanwhile, Village kept a clean sheet against St. Pius X last Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Panthers 1-0. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Vikings' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 281st, while the Panthers are ranked 66th).
Village has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 19 goals over those five matches. As for St. Thomas Catholic, they pushed their record up to 15-1-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Everything went St. Thomas Catholic's way against Village in their previous matchup two weeks ago, as St. Thomas Catholic made off with a 5-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Thomas Catholic 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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