Mission Bay and Kearny are an even 3-3-1 against one another since January of 2017, but likely not for long. The Mission Bay Buccaneers will head out on the road to take on the Kearny Komets at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mission Bay is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season.
Mission Bay's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They beat Hoover by a goal, winning 1-0. Given the Buccaneers' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Cardinals are ranked 576th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mission Bay's one-goal win came courtesy of Jackson Villani, who's now up to eight this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Kearny). They were the clear victor by a 5-0 margin over Clairemont on Thursday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Komets needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
Mission Bay pushed their record up to 8-2-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those four matches. As for Kearny, their win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 4-3-3.
Mission Bay might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Kearny in their previous matchup back in January of 2023. Can Mission Bay avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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