The Homestead Mustangs are taking a road trip to challenge the Wilcox Chargers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Homestead's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Homestead managed to keep up with Mountain View until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Homestead came up short against Mountain View, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 253rd, while the Spartans are ranked 25th).
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Wilcox's offense. They lost 3-0 to Santa Clara on Wednesday. The Chargers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Wilcox's loss dropped their record down to 5-8-3. As for Homestead, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5-6.
Homestead beat Wilcox 3-1 in their previous meeting back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Homestead since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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