The Central Spartans will head out on the road to take on the El Capitan Vaqueros at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Central had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They beat the Knights by a goal, winning 2-1. The result kept Central happy, as they haven't lost a game since December 29, 2023.
Meanwhile, after a 9-3 finish the last time they played, El Capitan and University City decided to play a little more cautiously this time around. El Capitan's defense stepped up to hand University City a 1-0 shutout on Saturday. Given El Capitan's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 201st, while University City is ranked 469th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
El Capitan's one-goal win came courtesy of
Lia Peterson, who's now up to 37 this season.
Central's victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-4-2. As for El Capitan, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 17-2-1.
Central suffered a grim 6-2 defeat to El Capitan in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Central was down 4-1.
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