The Monterey Dores are taking a road trip to take on the Seaside Spartans at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. Seaside took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Monterey, who comes in off a win.
Monterey will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Wednesday, then bounced right back against North Salinas on Friday. Monterey blew past North Salinas 4-1. Considering the Dores' offense had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
Ethan Bonilla and Liam Rawson scored all four of Monterey's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 16 goals.
Meanwhile, Seaside was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 3-1 to Everett Alvarez. 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 827th, while the Eagles are ranked 32nd).
Monterey's win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-3-2 and their overall record up to 8-3-3. As for Seaside, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-9-2.
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