The Urban Blues will face off against the Lick-Wilmerding Tigers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Urban will be strutting in after a win while Lick-Wilmerding will be coming in after a defeat.
Urban's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over San Domenico. Given the Blues' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 164th, while the Panthers are ranked 687th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Lick-Wilmerding's offense. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of University on Wednesday. The Tigers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Urban is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 30 goals over those seven games. As for Lick-Wilmerding, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7.
Urban was able to grind out a solid win over Lick-Wilmerding in their previous matchup two weeks ago, winning 4-2. Does Urban have another victory up their sleeve, or will Lick-Wilmerding turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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