Soccer Game Preview: South East vs. South Gate

The South East Jaguars will challenge the South Gate Rams at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. South East is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.

South East is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against South Gate on Friday. South East fell just short of South Gate by a score of 3-2. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Jaguars came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Rams are ranked 201st).

FelipeDamian Bernal-Ferreira and Nathan Castrejon scored both of South East's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 27 goals.

South Gate pushed their record up to 15-5-3 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 26 goals over those ten contests. As for South East, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 9-1-1 and their overall record down to 19-5-1.