The Mountain View Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Massaponax Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mountain View has four straight wins, Massaponax has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Mountain View is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They put the hurt on Stafford with a sharp 8-0 victory on Wednesday. The final result isn't all the surprising considering Mountain View's considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while Stafford are ranked 251st).
Meanwhile, Massaponax's game on Wednesday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They lost 3-0 to Riverbend.
Mountain View pushed their record up to 6-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those four games. As for Massaponax, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
Everything went Mountain View's way against Massaponax in their previous matchup on April 2nd, as Mountain View made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Wildcats 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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