The Carroll Chargers will head out to square off against the Columbia City Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Carroll has eight straight victories, Columbia City has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Carroll proved they can win big last Saturday (they won by eight) and last Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. Their defense stepped up to hand Homestead a 1-0 shutout. Give Carroll's defense some credit: that's the team's seventh straight shutout.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Cooper Goss, who's now up to two this season.
The home team had come away the winner the last five times Columbia City and Leo had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. The Eagles came up short against the Lions on Monday, falling 7-1. While losing is never fun, Columbia City can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 201st, while Leo are ranked 69th).
Columbia City now has a losing record of 6-7. As for Carroll, their win bumped their record up to 11-1-1.
Everything went Carroll's way against Columbia City in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, as Carroll made off with a 4-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Chargers 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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