The La Costa Canyon Mavericks will venture away from home to face off against the Carlsbad Lancers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. La Costa Canyon will be strutting in after a win while Carlsbad will be coming in after a defeat.
La Costa Canyon can't be too worried about heading out to take on Carlsbad: they just beat Oceanside at home, who had been dominant on their own pitch up to that point. La Costa Canyon walked away with a 3-1 victory over Oceanside on Wednesday. The win was all the more spectacular given the Mavericks' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Pirates are ranked 22nd).
Meanwhile, Carlsbad scored the most goals they've had this season on Wednesday, but it wasn't enough. They fell just short of San Dieguito Academy by a score of 5-4. The result was nothing new for the Lancers as the team haven't won a game since January 10th.
The victory was their first on the road , bumping their record up to 8-6. As for Carlsbad, their loss dropped their record down to 2-13.
La Costa Canyon took their win against Carlsbad in their previous meeting back in January by a conclusive 5-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for La Costa Canyon since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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