The Mission Bay Buccaneers will head out on the road to face off against the Hoover Cardinals at 5:45 p.m. on Thursday. Mission Bay is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season.
Mission Bay will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Thursday, then bounced right back against Clairemont on Tuesday. Mission Bay's defense stepped up to hand Clairemont a 4-0 shutout. Given the Buccaneers' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 102nd, while the Chieftains are ranked 763rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mission Bay hit Clairemont with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Jackson Villani (2), Spencer Morton, and Collin Scott.
Meanwhile, Hoover's game on Thursday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They won by a goal and slipped past Kearny 2-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cardinals.
Mission Bay's win bumped their record up to 7-2-2. As for Hoover, the victory was their first on the road , bumping their record up to 6-8-6.
Mission Bay beat Hoover by a goal when the teams last played back in January of 2023, winning 1-0. Does Mission Bay have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hoover turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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