The Santiago Sharks will head out on the road to square off against the King Wolves at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Santiago will head out to face King after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. Santiago came up short against Corona, falling 3-0. That's two games in a row now that the Sharks have lost by exactly three goals.
Meanwhile, King was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 4-0 to Norco. While losing is never fun, Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 379th, while the Cougars are ranked 61st).
This is the second loss in a row for Santiago and nudges their season record down to 7-5-3. As for King, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-8-4.
Santiago was able to grind out a solid win over King in their previous meeting two weeks ago, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Santiago since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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