The Homestead Mustangs will challenge the Woodside Wildcats at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Homestead will bounce into Saturday's game after beating Mountain View, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Homestead's defense stepped up to hand Mountain View a 1-0 shutout on Wednesday. The Mustangs wouldn't have won without Saara Lahtela, who scored the game-winner.
Meanwhile, Woodside won against Hillsdale on Tuesday with one goal and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Thursday. Woodside came out on top in a nail-biter against Aragon, sneaking past 1-0. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by just one goal.
Homestead is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-6-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 12 goals over those four contests. As for Woodside, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-3-5.
Homestead beat Woodside by a goal when the teams last played back in February of 2023, winning 2-1. Does Homestead have another victory up their sleeve, or will Woodside turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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