The Century Knights will face off against the McDonough Rams on Friday. The two teams have allowed few goals on average (Century 0.4, McDonough 0.5) so any goals scored will be well earned.
Century is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maryland's top teams: Fallston, who was ranked 11th at the time (Century was ranked seventh). The Knights never let the Cougars get on the board and left with a 2-0 victory on Saturday. Century's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matches.
Meanwhile, with a playoff win on the line, McDonough rose to the challenge on Friday. They blew past the Hornets 10-0. The result was nothing new for McDonough, who have now won six contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Fairmont Heights from everywhere, as ten different players booted in a goal.
Century has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-2-3 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those seven matches. As for McDonough, their victory bumped their record up to 13-2.
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