Soccer Game Preview: Mira Costa vs. El Segundo

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Previous Games

12/05/23 - Away	3-2 W
12/06/22 - Home	5-1 W
12/07/21 - Away	2-0 W
04/02/21 - Away	4-0 W
12/12/19 - Home	5-0 W
+ 4 more games

Mira Costa is 7-1-1 against El Segundo since January of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Mira Costa Mustangs will host the El Segundo Eagles at 3:30 p.m. Mira Costa is coming into the contest hot, having won their last 11 games.

Mira Costa is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Palos Verdes, who was ranked seventh at the time (Mira Costa was ranked second). Mira Costa sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Palos Verdes on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Mustangs have won by just one goal.

William Neubauer and Trenton Zimmermann scored both of Mira Costa's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.

Meanwhile, El Segundo kept a clean sheet against South back in December of 2024. It was close, but they ultimately received the gift of a 1-0 win from a begrudging El Segundo squad. The victory made it back-to-back wins for they.

El Segundo is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which somehow still isn't as good as their 10-1-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 26 goals over those seven games. As for Mira Costa, their victory bumped their record up to 15-1.

Mira Costa beat El Segundo by a goal in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, winning 3-2. Does Mira Costa have another victory up their sleeve, or will El Segundo turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.