Soccer Game Preview: Rancho Alamitos vs. Western

The Rancho Alamitos Vaqueros will challenge the Western Pioneers at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Rancho Alamitos has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Western will arrive with three straight wins.

Last Wednesday, Rancho Alamitos came up short against Loara and fell 4-2.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Western). They never let Orange onto the board and left with an 8-0 victory on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.

Rancho Alamitos' defeat dropped their record down to 1-8-1. As for Western, the victory got them back to even at 3-3-4.

Rancho Alamitos skirted past Western 1-0 in their previous matchup back in December of 2021. Will Rancho Alamitos repeat their success, or does Western have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.