The Hillcrest Trojans will take on the Canyon Springs Cougars at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hillcrest is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.
Hillcrest's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Rancho Christian with a sharp 11-0 win. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Trojans considering their one-goal performance the game before.
Hillcrest's lineup was just a bit different on Thursday as Emilio Caro got a bit more time on the pitch (60 vs. his season average of 30). Caro made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Canyon Springs was not quite Perris' equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 635th, while the Panthers are ranked 97th).
Canyon Springs' loss dropped their record down to 5-5-3. As for Hillcrest, their victory bumped their record up to 5-6-3.
Hillcrest skirted past Canyon Springs 2-1 in their previous meeting back in March of 2021. Will Hillcrest repeat their success, or does Canyon Springs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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