The Orland Trojans will head out on the road to face off against the Las Plumas Thunderbirds at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Orland comes in on 13 and Las Plumas on four.
Orland's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 9-0 margin over Oroville. The Trojans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matches by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Oroville from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Bethzaida Salinas led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Las Plumas). They blew past Gridley 6-0 on Tuesday. The Thunderbirds' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four games.
Something new happened on Tuesday as Jasmine Pierce saw her first action of the season, playing 20 minutes against Gridley. Pierce made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Orland's win was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-1. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those seven contests. As for Las Plumas, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season.
Orland was able to grind out a solid victory over Las Plumas in their previous meeting on January 14th, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Orland 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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