Soccer Game Preview: Mission vs. Balboa

The Mission Bears will take on the Balboa Buccaneers in a holiday battle at 3:30 p.m. on Monday at.

After dropping their season opener at home, Balboa is headed out to face a Mission squad ready to give their home crowd a win. Mission came up short against South San Francisco on Monday, falling 8-0.

Meanwhile, everything went Balboa's way against San Francisco International on Wednesday as Balboa made off with a 5-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Buccaneers.

They hit San Francisco International with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Kyra Gutierrez (2), Naomi Porter (2), and Ailani Montano Ortiz.

Mission came out on top in a nail-biter against Balboa when the teams last played back in February, sneaking past 5-4. Will Mission repeat their success, or does Balboa have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.