The San Clemente Tritons will challenge the Aliso Niguel Wolverines at 5:15 p.m. on Monday. San Clemente is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
On Friday, San Clemente beat San Juan Hills 3-1.
Meanwhile, Aliso Niguel kept a clean sheet against Capistrano Valley on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Cougars 1-0. Given the Wolverines' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 201st, while the Cougars are ranked 593rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
San Clemente has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 26 goals over those eight contests. As for Aliso Niguel, they now have a winning record of 5-4-6.
San Clemente was able to grind out a solid victory over Aliso Niguel in their previous matchup two weeks ago, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for San Clemente 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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