Nazareth Academy has been on a difficult stretch since their win on the seventh. They fell just short of the Riverside-Brookfield Bulldogs by a score of 3-2 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Roadrunners can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 276th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 114th).
Ari Hernandez and
Timothy Lopez scored both of Nazareth Academy's goals, bringing their combined season tally to seven goals.
Nazareth Academy's loss dropped their record down to 6-13-3. As for Riverside-Brookfield, their record is now 9-6-3.
The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Nazareth Academy will challenge Timothy Christian at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Timothy Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season. As for Riverside-Brookfield, they are on the road again on Tuesday to play Argo at 6:30 p.m. Argo also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 4.9 goals per game.
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