The Mission Viejo Diablos will square off against the Beckman Patriots at 5:15 p.m. on Thursday. Beckman took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Mission Viejo, who comes in off a win.
Mission Viejo's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Tesoro by a score of 2-0. Given the Diablos' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 97th, while the Titans are ranked 309th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, Beckman was a bit more limited in their contest on Tuesday. They fell just short of El Toro by a score of 1-0.
Mission Viejo has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-1-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those four matches. As for Beckman, their loss dropped their record down to 4-9-2.
Mission Viejo beat Beckman by a goal when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 1-0. Will Mission Viejo repeat their success, or does Beckman have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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