Soccer Preview: Fortuna vs. Arcata
The Fortuna Huskies are taking a road trip to face off against the Arcata Tigers at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Fortuna is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Fortuna is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Eureka, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Fortuna was ranked sixth). Fortuna blew past Eureka 6-1 on Saturday. Considering the Huskies have won nine matches by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Despite a strong season so far, Arcata has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They fell 2-0 to Del Norte on Tuesday. The contest was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Tigers couldn't quite close it out.
Fortuna is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season. As for Arcata, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-4-1.
Fortuna came up short against Arcata in their previous meeting on October 5th, falling 2-0. Can Fortuna avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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