The Huntington Beach Oilers will challenge the Los Alamitos Griffins at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Huntington Beach is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Huntington Beach's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Marina. Given the Oilers' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 36th, while the Vikings are ranked 504th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Sienna McAthy was the driving force of Huntington Beach's attack as she scored both of Huntington Beach's goals, bringing her season total up to ten goals.
Meanwhile, Los Alamitos' game on Tuesday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They came out on top against Fountain Valley by a score of 2-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Griffins.
Huntington Beach is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 23 goals over those nine games. As for Los Alamitos, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5-3.
Huntington Beach skirted past Los Alamitos 2-1 when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Does Huntington Beach have another victory up their sleeve, or will Los Alamitos turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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