The Irving MacArthur girls soccer team thought it was safely in the playoffs as the No. 3 seed from District 7-6A, and it was scheduled to face Arlington Martin in the first round next Tuesday.
But an ineligible player issue at Irving Nimitz has changed the standings in 7-6A and will force MacArthur to play a tiebreaker game Saturday just to make the postseason.
MacArthur coach Eric Alonzo said Friday that Nimitz — which was going to miss the playoffs anyway — was found to have played an ineligible player and was forced to forfeit all of its district wins. That moved Richardson Pearce from fourth to third and dropped MacArthur into a tie with Richardson for fourth place.
MacArthur and Richardson will play at 10 a.m. Saturday at Richardson, with the winner advancing to play 8-6A champion Arlington High at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Coppell. Pearce, which was originally going to play Arlington High in the first round, will instead face Arlington Martin at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Pennington Field.
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