The Liberty Patriots will be playing in front of their home fans against the Redwood Rangers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Liberty sitting on four straight wins and Redwood on ten.
In what's become a running theme this season, Liberty gave their fans yet another huge win on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Bakersfield a 4-0 shutout. Given Liberty's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 11th, while Bakersfield is ranked 412th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Liberty hit Bakersfield with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Emily Cove (2),
Jaiden Gore, and
Taylor Bradshaw.
Meanwhile, two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Redwood walked away with it. They came out on top against the Golden Hawks by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday. That's two games straight that Redwood has won by exactly two goals.
Liberty is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-1-2 record this season. As for Redwood, their victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-3-3.
Liberty skirted past Redwood 1-0 in their previous meeting back in February of 2023. Will Liberty repeat their success, or does Redwood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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