The Merced Bears will head out to face off against the El Capitan Gauchos at 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Merced is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.
Merced is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They blew past Buhach Colony 8-2 on Friday. Even though the Bears got in a bit of trouble with the refs ( Johan Montes was handed a red card), the team managed to overcome the adversity.
Merced's offense was hitting Buhach Colony from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Raymond Gonzalez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, El Capitan didn't have quite enough to beat Golden Valley on Wednesday and fell 2-1.
Merced's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-6-2. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 13 goals over those three matchups. As for El Capitan, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 1-1-1 and their overall record down to 5-4-4.
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