Soccer Game Preview: Thousand Oaks vs. Oaks Christian

The Thousand Oaks Lancers will take on the Oaks Christian Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Thousand Oaks has three straight victories, Oaks Christian has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.

Oaks Christian better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Thousand Oaks really get things going. Everything went Thousand Oaks' way against Oaks Christian on Tuesday as Thousand Oaks made off with a 4-1 win. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 90th, while the Lions are ranked 689th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Thousand Oaks has also been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5-1 record this season. As for Oaks Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10-1.