The Madera Coyotes will head out on the road to take on the Sunnyside Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Madera will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Roosevelt, who they had gone 0-5 against in their five prior meetings. Madera skirted past Roosevelt 3-2. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Coyotes' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 799th, while the Rough Riders are ranked 363rd).
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Sunnyside faced off against San Joaquin Memorial on Tuesday. Sunnyside's defense stepped up to hand San Joaquin Memorial a 1-0 shutout. The Wildcats' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three games.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Eduardo Rodriguez, which was the first he's scored this season.
Sunnyside pushed their record up to 16-5-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three contests. As for Madera, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 6-13-3 record this season.
Madera suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Sunnyside in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can Madera avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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