Rock Valley v Kennedy-King: Match Preview
 
Wednesday afternoon will mark the halfway point in the season for the Golden Eagles, and the second of four straight home games in the month of September, the longest such stretch this season.
 
Saturday's Elgin game did not disappoint, the two teams drew 1-1 and for the third consecutive time it needed to be decided in overtime. In each of those three matches against Elgin, RVC trailed 1-0 in each of them. Head coach Tim Romanello will look to have his side get off to a better start Wednesday afternoon against Kennedy-King.
 
Rock Valley ranks inside the top ten in four major team statistical categories, but despite all their efforts, the Golden Eagles rank just outside the top 25 in goals. After averaging nearly four-goals-per-game to begin the year through the first four games, the Golden Eagles seen their production slip and have scored just once in each of their last two matches. The constant voice at training this past week has been their production in front of goal, seemingly their key to getting back into the win column.
 
Kennedy-King will be the fourth team in 2022 that the Golden Eagles have never played before. Historically, RVC is 14-8-2 in first-time matchups, but are only 3-4-1 in the next match following a tie. Rock Valley will need the combination of stingy defense and production in front of goal on Wednesday afternoon to improve upon both trends.
 
Game Day Information
Who Rock Valley College (4-2-1, 1-0-1 Region IV) vs Kennedy-King (0-3-0)
When Wednesday, September 21, 2022 | 4:00 p.m. cst
Venue RVC Family Fields | Rockford, Illinois | natural grass surface
Live Stats -None-
LiveStream JustAGame Live
Series History This will be the first matchup between the two programs.
Weather 73^o Cloudy | NW 11 mph | 0% rain
 
Did You Know? The last time the Golden Eagles did not win a game in a three-match stretch September of 2019 when RVC lost to Triton (2-0) at home, then at Madison (1-0), and at Joliet (2-1) in consecutive matches.
 
COMPARING THE TEAMS
 

	Games	Goals	Goals/Game	Shot %	Shots/Game	GAA
KKC	3	1	0.33	--	0.0	4.33
RVC	7	18	2.57	.130	19.7	0.69

 

Kennedy-King				Rock Valley
	L, 0-10	@ Triton			W, 4-0	vs Bryant & Stratton
	L, 1-4	vs Harper			W, 4-1	@ Black Hawk-Moline
	L, 1-13	vs Malcolm X			W, 3-0	vs Lake County
					L, 1-2	@ Illinois Valley
					D, 1-1	vs Elgin

 
Last Time Out Rock Valley College needed only one minute of overtime action to advance past Elgin 4-3 in a region tournament quarterfinal match back in October 2019. Bernardo Dominguez scored an equalizing goal with just five minutes to play, then Pedro Acosta hit the game-winner just moments into overtime.
 
UP NEXT
The Golden Eagles will host McHenry County on Saturday. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:00 pm at RVC Family Fields.
 
MILESTONE WATCH
The next win will be the 70^th program win for the Golden Eagles. Frank Horvat went 41-39-7 in five seasons at the helm of Rock Valley from 2014-18. Head coach Tim Romanello is currently 28-17-1 in his fourth season.
 
~ Leave No Doubt ~
 
2022 Season
Leading Scorer Julio Davila; 4
Top Assister Roberto Davila; 5
Points Roberto Davila; 11
Shots Max Rebori; 17
Discipline 7 Games | 13 Cautions | 0 Red | 1.85 cards/game
Form 4-2-1 overall | 1-0-1 Region IV | 3-0-1 home | 1-2-0 away
Goals Per Game 2.57 | Goals Against Average 0.69