The Homestead Mustangs are taking a road trip to challenge the Santa Clara Bruins at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Homestead has three straight victories, Santa Clara has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
If Santa Clara heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Homestead took over last week. Homestead walked away with a 3-1 win over Fremont on Friday. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 215th, while the Firebirds are ranked 817th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Homestead hit Fremont with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Owen Gibbs, Mark Garstka, and Daniel Morrissey.
Meanwhile, Santa Clara's game on Friday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Mountain View by a score of 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Bruins have lost by just one goal.
Homestead's victory bumped their record up to 8-5. As for Santa Clara, their loss dropped their record down to 9-8.
Homestead beat Santa Clara by a goal in their previous meeting back in January, winning 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Homestead since the squad 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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