The Marine Leadership Academy Bulldogs are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Chicago Academy Cougars at 4:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty goal totals in their previous games.
Marine Leadership Academy is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let The Noble Academy onto the board and left with an 8-0 win on Saturday. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 177th, while the Griffins are ranked 407th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Chicago Academy had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They put the hurt on Ogden International with a sharp 4-0 victory. Considering the Cougars have won seven matchups by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Marine Leadership Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5-3 record this season. As for Chicago Academy, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 12-6-2.
Marine Leadership Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Chicago Academy in their previous meeting back in September, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Marine Leadership Academy since the team 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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