The Vista Murrieta Broncos will face off against the Murrieta Mesa Rams at 7:15 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Vista Murrieta has six straight victories, Murrieta Mesa has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Last Friday, Vista Murrieta got the win against Murrieta Valley by a conclusive 4-1. The result was nothing new for the Broncos, who have now won nine contests by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Murrieta Valley with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Grant Mercker, David Mejia, Roman Rodriguez, and Callum Carvetta.
Meanwhile, Murrieta Mesa managed to keep up with Temecula Valley until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Murrieta Mesa lost 4-1 to Temecula Valley. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 911th, while the Golden Bears are ranked 373rd).
Vista Murrieta has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 43 goals over those 11 games. As for Murrieta Mesa, their loss dropped their record down to 3-11-4.
Everything went Vista Murrieta's way against Murrieta Mesa in their previous matchup back in January, as Vista Murrieta made off with a 7-1 win. In that contest, Vista Murrieta amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Monday.
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