The Traverse City Central Trojans are taking a road trip to challenge the Midland Chemics at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Traverse City Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Heritage an 8-0 shutout on Thursday. Given Traverse City Central's advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 118th, while Heritage are ranked 335th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Midland put another one in the bag last Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past St. Francis 8-0. Considering Midland have won 14 games by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Midland's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-0. The home victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those nine matches. As for Traverse City Central, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 7-7-2 record this season.
Traverse City Central might still be hurting after the 7-0 loss they got from Midland when the teams last played back in May of 2019. Can the Trojans avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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