Soccer Game Preview: Ocean View vs. Costa Mesa

The Ocean View Seahawks are taking a road trip to take on the Costa Mesa Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Ocean View's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for six straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.

Ocean View fell victim to Katella and their airtight defense on Thursday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Knights. While losing is never fun, the Seahawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 860th, while the Knights are ranked 300th).

Meanwhile, Costa Mesa kept a clean sheet against Laguna Hills on Thursday. They came out on top against the Hawks by a score of 2-0.

Costa Mesa has also been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5-1 record this season. As for Ocean View, their loss dropped their record down to 0-11-2.

Ocean View might still be hurting after the 4-0 defeat they got from Costa Mesa in their previous meeting on January 9th. Can Ocean View avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.