The Escondido Charter Tigers will square off against the Monte Vista Monarchs at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Escondido Charter is coming into the game hot, having won their last ten games.
If Escondido Charter beats Monte Vista with five goals on Wednesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Everything went Escondido Charter's way against Maranatha Christian on Friday as Escondido Charter made off with a 5-2 win. Considering the Tigers have won nine contests by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Maranatha Christian with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Abigail Gilbertson (2), Nataly Cisneros, Natalie Lewis, and Victoria Tello.
Meanwhile, Monte Vista's and El Cajon Valley's game on Wednesday was close at halftime, but Monte Vista turned on the heat in the second half with two goals. Monte Vista's defense stepped up to hand El Cajon Valley a 3-0 shutout. Given the Monarchs' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 579th, while the Braves are ranked 1191st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Escondido Charter pushed their record up to 14-5 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 22 goals over those six matchups. As for Monte Vista, the win got them back to even at 7-7.
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