The St. Edward Green Wave will venture away from home to take on the Genoa-Kingston Cogs at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
St. Edward's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Wheaton Academy on Saturday. They came up short against the Warriors, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, the Green Wave can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 360th, while the Warriors are ranked 23rd).
Meanwhile, Genoa-Kingston has been on a difficult stretch since their win on September 26. They lost 6-1 to Harvard on Thursday.
Genoa-Kingston's goal came courtesy of
Vladimir Rodr?guez, which was the first he's scored this season.
St. Edward has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-14 record this season. As for Genoa-Kingston, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-9-4.
Everything went St. Edward's way against Genoa-Kingston in their previous matchup back in October of 2018, as St. Edward made off with a 5-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Edward 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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