The Edison Tigers will venture away from home to face off against the McLane Highlanders at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Edison had taken Sanger down for two straight games at home, but that winning streak came to an end on Wednesday. The Tigers fell just short of the Apaches by a score of 4-3. While losing is never fun, Edison can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 265th, while Sanger are ranked 80th).
Meanwhile, McLane's game on Wednesday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Madera South by a score of 1-0.
Edison's loss dropped their record down to 10-6-6. As for McLane, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-5-4.
Edison came out on top in a nail-biter against McLane in their previous meeting two weeks ago, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Tigers 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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