The Carmel Padres will head out to face off against the Soledad Aztecs at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Carmel's defense has only allowed 0.5 goals per game this season, so Soledad's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Carmel is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Pacific Collegiate on Friday. They fell just short of the Pumas by a score of 1-0.
Meanwhile, Soledad fell victim to Gonzales and their airtight defense on Friday. They lost 6-0 to the Spartans. While losing is never fun, the Aztecs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1014th, while the Spartans are ranked 352nd).
Carmel's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-4-1. As for Soledad, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-6-1.
Carmel was able to grind out a solid win over Soledad in their previous meeting on January 8th, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Carmel 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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