The Riverside Rangers will head out on the road to square off against the Irvin Rockets at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Riverside will be strutting in after a victory while Irvin will be coming in after a defeat.
Riverside is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They blew past Mountain View 6-0 on Tuesday. The Rangers have beaten the Lobos the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Lobos has come to flipping the script.
Meanwhile, Irvin was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against San Elizario, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 717th in Texas, while the Eagles are ranked 260th in Texas).
Riverside's win bumped their record up to 7-10. As for Irvin, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-13.
Riverside took their victory against Irvin in their previous meeting back in January by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Riverside since the squad 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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