After starting their season with four straight games on the road, St. Francis de Sales is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-pitch as they take on the De La Salle Collegiate Pilots at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
St. Francis de Sales' defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Southview with a sharp 7-0 win. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 129th, while the Cougars are ranked 337th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Francis de Sales' offense was hitting Southview from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Josh Brennan led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, De La Salle Collegiate waltzed into their match on Saturday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Everything went their way against the Gladiators as they made off with a 4-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Pilots, who have now won three games by three goals or more so far this season.
St. Francis de Sales' win bumped their record up to 2-0-2. As for De La Salle Collegiate, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
Everything went St. Francis de Sales' way against De La Salle Collegiate in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as St. Francis de Sales made off with a 3-0 win. Will St. Francis de Sales repeat their success, or does De La Salle Collegiate have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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