The Costa Mesa Mustangs will square off against the Laguna Hills Hawks at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Laguna Hills took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Costa Mesa, who comes in off a win.
Costa Mesa's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed two weeks ago. They came out on top against Tustin by a score of 2-0. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 216th, while the Tillers are ranked 435th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Laguna Hills was not quite Sage Hill's equal in the second half on Friday. They fell just short of the Lightning by a score of 1-0. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, the Hawks' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Costa Mesa has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 33 goals over those eight contests. As for Laguna Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-3-2.
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