The Mountain View Spartans will head out to challenge the Los Gatos Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain View's defense has only allowed 0.3 goals per game this season, so Los Gatos' offense will have their work cut out for them.
Mountain View is headed into the matchup without a loss and will look to keep things rolling. Neither they nor Homestead could gain the upper hand on Wednesday so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw. The Spartans' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Los Gatos didn't have quite enough to beat Palo Alto on Wednesday and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 240th, while the Vikings are ranked 88th).
Mountain View's draw makes their record 7-0-3 this season. As for Los Gatos, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-3-1.
Mountain View was able to grind out a solid victory over Los Gatos in their previous meeting back in January of 2022, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain View 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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