The Escondido Charter Tigers are taking a road trip to challenge the Coronado Islanders at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Escondido Charter fell victim to Pacific Ridge and their airtight defense on Friday. They lost 8-0 to the Firebirds. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 429th, while the Firebirds are ranked 147th).
Meanwhile, Coronado kept a clean sheet against La Jolla on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Vikings, sneaking past 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Islanders were the better team in the second half.
Coronado is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4-1 record this season. As for Escondido Charter, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-6-2.
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