The Norco Cougars will venture away from home to square off against the Roosevelt Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Roosevelt took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Norco, who comes in off a win.
Norco will bounce into Thursday's matchup after beating King, who they had gone 0-7-2 against in their nine prior meetings. Norco never let King onto the board and left with a 4-0 win on Tuesday. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 61st, while Wolves are ranked 379th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Norco hit King with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Abraham Garcia (2), Alex Cervantes, and Chris Garcia.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt's game on Tuesday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Centennial by a score of 2-1.
Roosevelt's loss dropped their record down to 8-6-5. As for Norco, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-2-7.
Norco came up short against Roosevelt when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 3-1. Can Norco avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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