The Temecula Valley Golden Bears will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Lakeside Lancers at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Temecula Valley's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Last Friday, Temecula Valley didn't have quite enough to beat Etiwanda and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Golden Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 338th, while the Eagles are ranked 60th).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 2-2 at halftime, Lakeside was not quite Perris' equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 4-3.
Temecula Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Lakeside, they dropped their record down to 3-3 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Temecula Valley took their win against Lakeside when the teams last played back in December of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Temecula Valley since the squad 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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