Soccer Game Preview: Dos Pueblos vs. Oxnard

The Dos Pueblos Chargers will face off against the Oxnard Yellowjackets at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. Dos Pueblos has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight losses, while Oxnard will come in with five straight victories.

Wednesday just wasn't the day for Dos Pueblos' offense. They fell just short of San Marcos by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday. That's two games in a row now that the Chargers have lost by just one goal.

Meanwhile, Oxnard had just enough and edged Rio Mesa out 2-1 on Wednesday. Given the Yellowjackets' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Spartans are ranked 703rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Oxnard pushed their record up to 13-1-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 30 goals over those seven games. As for Dos Pueblos, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-5-7.