Soccer Game Preview: Temescal Canyon vs. San Jacinto

The Temescal Canyon Titans will face off against the San Jacinto Tigers at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. Temescal Canyon's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for seven straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.

Temescal Canyon is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against West Valley on Friday. Temescal Canyon fell just short of West Valley by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Titans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 888th, while the Mustangs are ranked 256th).

Meanwhile, San Jacinto kept a clean sheet against Tahquitz on Wednesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Titans.

Joshua Carrillo and Josue Cubarrubias scored both of San Jacinto's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 21 goals.

San Jacinto has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-6-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 25 goals over those eight matches. As for Temescal Canyon, their loss dropped their record down to 5-15-3.

Temescal Canyon suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to San Jacinto in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Will Temescal Canyon have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.