The Castle Park Trojans will square off against the Mater Dei Catholic Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Castle Park took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand High Tech CV a 2-0 shutout. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Trojans as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Meanwhile, Mater Dei Catholic had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.7 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Mustangs by a score of 4-2. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Mustangs are ranked 419th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mater Dei Catholic has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-1-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 48 goals over those ten contests. As for Castle Park, they picked up their first home win, bumping their record up to 4-8-4.
Castle Park came up short against Mater Dei Catholic in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 2-0. Can Castle Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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