Soccer Game Preview: Santa Clara vs. Thacher

The Santa Clara Saints will face off against the Thacher Toads at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Santa Clara has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight defeats, while Thacher will come in with four straight wins.

Santa Clara is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Villanova Prep on Tuesday. The Saints fell 2-0 to the Wildcats. That's two games in a row now that Santa Clara have lost by exactly two goals.

Meanwhile, Thacher kept a clean sheet against Grace on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged out the Lancers 1-0.

Thacher's victory bumped their record up to 8-3-1. As for Santa Clara, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.