The San Clemente Tritons will head out on the road to take on the Mission Viejo Diablos at 5:15 p.m. on Monday. Mission Viejo took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on San Clemente, who comes in off a win.
San Clemente's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over Aliso Niguel. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Tritons were the better team in the second half.
Max Jolley and Jonah Levandofsky scored both of San Clemente's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 14 goals.
Meanwhile, Mission Viejo didn't have quite enough to beat San Juan Hills on Friday and fell 3-2. While losing is never fun, the Diablos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 843rd, while the Stallions are ranked 77th).
San Clemente is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 12 goals over those four matchups. As for Mission Viejo, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-11.
San Clemente took their win against Mission Viejo in their previous matchup back in January of 2024 by a conclusive 3-0. Does San Clemente have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mission Viejo turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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