The Highlands Scots will head out to take on the San Juan Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Highlands is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.
Highlands' defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They blew past Vacaville Christian 6-0. Considering the Scots have won seven games by more than three goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, San Juan fell victim to Lindhurst and their airtight defense on Thursday. They came up short against the Blazers, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1135th, while the Blazers are ranked 476th).
Highlands pushed their record up to 9-2-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 39 goals over those six matchups. As for San Juan, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-8-2 record this season.
Everything went Highlands' way against San Juan in their previous meeting on January 8th, as Highlands made off with a 6-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Highlands 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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