The Faith Heritage Saints will head out to face off against the Hamilton Emerald Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Faith Heritage comes in on three and Hamilton on six.
Back in October, Faith Heritage had just enough and edged Mater Dei Academy out 2-1. Given Faith Heritage's advantage in MaxPreps' New York soccer rankings (they are ranked 204th, while Mater Dei Academy is ranked 435th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Hamilton extended their postseason success on Wednesday against Belleville Henderson Central. Their defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 4-0 shutout. The Emerald Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 games by three goals or more this season.
Levi Neuenschwander and
Sawyer Latella scored all four of Hamilton's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 24 goals.
Faith Heritage's victory bumped their record up to 8-4-1. As for Hamilton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3-1 record this season.
Faith Heritage suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Hamilton in their previous meeting back in September. Can Faith Heritage avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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