Monrovia and Mountain View are an even 2-2-4 against one another since December of 2014, but likely not for long. The Monrovia Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mountain View Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Monrovia is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Polytechnic onto the board and left with a 6-0 win on Saturday. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 240th, while the Panthers are ranked 596th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Monrovia's offense was hitting Polytechnic from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Micah Maljian led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, everything went Mountain View's way against Mark Keppel last Monday as Mountain View made off with an 8-1 victory. The matchup marked the Vikings' most dominant win of the season so far.
Mountain View pushed their record up to 8-3-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 36 goals over those seven games. As for Monrovia, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-1-3 record this season.
Everything went Monrovia's way against Mountain View in their previous matchup back in January, as Monrovia made off with a 3-0 win. Will Monrovia repeat their success, or does Mountain View have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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