Preview: Newport Harbor vs. Foothill
The Newport Harbor Sailors will look to defend their home pitch on Thursday against the Foothill Trojans at 5:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Newport Harbor comes in on six and Foothill on seven.
With a playoff game on the line, Newport Harbor rose to the challenge on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Cougars a 1-0 shutout. Given Newport Harbor's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 38th, while Steele Canyon is ranked 188th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Foothill ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Sylmar 3-2. Three seems to be a good number for Foothill as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Newport Harbor pushed their record up to 20-5-1 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Foothill, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5-3 record this season.
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