Soccer Preview: Middletown vs. Upper Lake
The Middletown Mustangs will stay at home for another game and welcome the Upper Lake Cougars at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Middletown is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Clear Lake, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Middletown was ranked 16th). Middletown took a 4-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Clear Lake on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Upper Lake had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Timberwolves 3-2. Three seems to be a good number for the Cougars as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Middletown's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-8. As for Upper Lake, their win bumped their record up to 7-4-2.
Everything went Middletown's way against Upper Lake in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Middletown made off with a 7-2 victory. Does Middletown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Upper Lake turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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