The Fremont Firebirds will face off against the Palo Alto Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Fremont's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Fremont managed to keep up with Los Altos until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Fremont came up short against Los Altos, falling 4-1. While losing is never fun, the Firebirds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 735th, while the Eagles are ranked 104th).
Meanwhile, Palo Alto sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Los Gatos on Wednesday. The Vikings found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: Rohan Bhatt and Hadrien De Martel were both handed yellow cards.
Jacob Kinsky, who's played more minutes than anyone else on the Palo Alto squad sat out for Wednesday's game. With Kinsky sidelined, Cole Baker got his first action of the season.
Palo Alto's victory bumped their record up to 7-1-3. As for Fremont, their loss dropped their record down to 3-6-1.
Fremont came out on top in a nail-biter against Palo Alto when the teams last played back in January of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. Does Fremont have another victory up their sleeve, or will Palo Alto turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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