The Evergreen Valley Cougars will challenge the James Lick Comets at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Evergreen Valley has struggled recently with ten defeats in a row, while James Lick will arrive with three straight wins.
Last Friday, Evergreen Valley didn't have quite enough to beat Gilroy and fell 3-2.
Victor Ashkar and Hector Pulido scored both of Evergreen Valley's goals, bringing their combined season tally to four goals.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last matchup, James Lick made sure to put some goals up on the board against San Jose on Friday. Everything went their way against the Bulldogs as they made off with a 4-1 victory. Given the Comets' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 284th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 1003rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
James Lick has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-3-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 22 goals over those eight games. As for Evergreen Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 1-11-1.
Evergreen Valley might still be hurting after the 6-1 defeat they got from James Lick in their previous matchup back in January. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Evergreen Valley was down 4-1.
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