The San Jacinto Tigers will venture away from home to face off against the Temescal Canyon Titans at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. San Jacinto is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.
San Jacinto's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They came out on top against Tahquitz by a score of 2-0. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 346th, while the Titans are ranked 790th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Joshua Carrillo and Josue Cubarrubias scored both of San Jacinto's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 21 goals.
Meanwhile, Temescal Canyon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They were a single goal away from ending the streak, but they lost a 2-1 heartbreaker at the hands of West Valley. The match was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Titans couldn't quite close it out.
San Jacinto has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-6-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 25 goals over those eight contests. As for Temescal Canyon, their loss dropped their record down to 5-15-3.
Everything went San Jacinto's way against Temescal Canyon when the teams last played two weeks ago, as San Jacinto made off with a 6-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for San Jacinto since the team 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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