The Huntington Beach Oilers will venture away from home to take on the Fountain Valley Barons at 3:00 p.m. on Friday.
Huntington Beach is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Edison on Friday. Huntington Beach fell just short of Edison by a score of 3-2. The defeat continues a trend for the Oilers in their matchups with the Chargers: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Fountain Valley entered their tilt with Marina on Wednesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Their defense stepped up to hand the Vikings a 2-0 shutout. Given the Barons' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 183rd, while the Vikings are ranked 1091st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fountain Valley's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 12 goals over those three games. As for Huntington Beach, their loss dropped their record down to 9-6-3.
Huntington Beach came up short against Fountain Valley in their previous meeting on January 8th, falling 4-2. Can Huntington Beach avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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