The West Vikings will square off against the Tehachapi Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. West's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
West managed to keep up with Foothill until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. West came up short against Foothill, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1011th, while the Trojans are ranked 273rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tehachapi). Everything went their way against North on Friday as Tehachapi made off with a 5-1 victory. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 3-0.
West's loss dropped their record down to 2-10-1. As for Tehachapi, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-8-4.
West was able to grind out a solid victory over Tehachapi in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for West since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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