The Merced Bears will face off against the Atwater Falcons at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. Merced will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
If Atwater heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Merced took over last week. Merced sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Golden Valley on Wednesday. That's two games straight that the Bears have won by just one goal.
Alexander Castaneda and Raymond Gonzalez scored both of Merced's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 30 goals.
Meanwhile, Atwater came up short against Los Banos on Wednesday and fell 3-1.
Merced has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 32 goals over those ten contests. As for Atwater, they now have a losing record at 6-7-5.
Merced skirted past Atwater 3-2 in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Will Merced repeat their success, or does Atwater have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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