The Homestead Mustangs will take on the Fremont Firebirds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Homestead's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Homestead's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged Los Gatos out 1-0. The win continues a trend for the Mustangs in their matchups with the Wildcats: they've now won four in a row.
Homestead's one-goal win came courtesy of Ojas Khandelwal, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Fremont was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss. They came up short against Mountain View, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, the Firebirds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 831st, while the Spartans are ranked 23rd).
Homestead's victory bumped their record up to 7-5. As for Fremont, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-14.
Homestead was able to grind out a solid win over Fremont when the teams last played back in January, winning 2-0. Will Homestead repeat their success, or does Fremont have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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