The Beckman Patriots will venture away from home to face off against the Mission Viejo Diablos at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday.
Beckman is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals last Tuesday, they were much more limited against El Toro on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Chargers by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 400th, while the Chargers are ranked 102nd).
Meanwhile, Mission Viejo kept a clean sheet against Tesoro on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Titans. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Diablos were the better team in the second half.
Mission Viejo has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-1-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those four matches. As for Beckman, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9-2.
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