The Monte Vista Monarchs will venture away from home to face off against the Sweetwater Red Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Monte Vista is coming into the match hot, having won their last four games.
Monte Vista is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They came out on top against Valhalla by a score of 5-3 on Friday. Given the Monarchs' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 287th, while the Norsemen are ranked 899th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Monte Vista hit Valhalla with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Jayden Cleveland (2), Marco Gutierrez-Betancourt, Benjamin Salazar, and Abdiel Castillo.
Meanwhile, Sweetwater unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to Kearny. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, the Red Devils couldn't push the score so high this time.
Monte Vista has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those seven games. As for Sweetwater, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-3-4.
Monte Vista beat Sweetwater by a goal in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, winning 2-1. Will Monte Vista repeat their success, or does Sweetwater have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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