The Golden Valley Cougars will take on the Merced Bears at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Golden Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They walked away with a 5-3 victory over Buhach Colony on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Merced came tearing into Wednesday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Tigers a 2-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Bears have won by exactly two goals.
Geovani Valencia and Alexander Castaneda scored both of Merced's goals, bringing their combined season tally to nine goals.
Golden Valley picked up their first road win, bumping their record up to 2-3-1. As for Merced, the victory got them back to even at 5-5-2.
Everything went Golden Valley's way against Merced in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, as Golden Valley made off with a 7-2 win. In that contest, Golden Valley amassed a halftime lead of 4-1, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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