Soccer Preview: Middletown vs. Lower Lake
Middletown is 10-0 against Lower Lake since August of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Middletown Mustangs will be staying on the road to face off against the Lower Lake Trojans at 4:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Middletown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Clear Lake, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Middletown was ranked 12th). Middletown fell just short of Clear Lake by a score of 3-2 last Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that the Mustangs have lost by just one goal.
Meanwhile, Lower Lake came up short against Clear Lake on Tuesday and fell 3-1. The Trojans haven't had much luck with the Cardinals recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Middletown dropped their record down to 2-5 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Lower Lake, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-7-1.
Everything went Middletown's way against Lower Lake when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Middletown made off with a 3-0 win. Will Middletown repeat their success, or does Lower Lake have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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