The Mountain View Toros will head out on the road to face off against the Red Mountain Mountain Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Mountain View is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Casteel just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Colts. While losing is never fun, the Toros can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Colts are ranked first).
Meanwhile, Red Mountain had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Coyotes a 2-0 shutout. The Mountain Lions' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four games.
Red Mountain's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-3. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three contests. As for Mountain View, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-5-1.
Mountain View beat Red Mountain 2-0 in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain View since the team 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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