Preview: Petaluma vs. Miramonte
The Petaluma Trojans will take on the Miramonte Matadors at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Petaluma sitting on three straight wins and Miramonte on five.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Petaluma had no problem doing just that on Friday. They won by a goal and slipped past the Cougars 3-2. Petaluma better thank their lucky stars for the performance of Janelle B l o w, as she scored every single goal for her team.
Meanwhile, Miramonte was able to grind out a solid victory over Alhambra on Friday, taking the game 3-1. Given Miramonte's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 131st, while Alhambra is ranked 291st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Petaluma's win bumped their record up to 12-7-1. As for Miramonte, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2-2 record this season.
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