The San Juan Hills Stallions will face off against the San Clemente Tritons at 5:15 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with San Juan Hills sitting on five straight victories and San Clemente on four.
Last Friday, San Juan Hills sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Capistrano Valley. Given the Stallions' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 64th, while the Cougars are ranked 569th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, San Clemente narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Mission Viejo 2-1.
Griffin Blair and Max Jolley scored both of San Clemente's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 15 goals.
San Clemente is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-4-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 23 goals over those seven games. As for San Juan Hills, their win bumped their record up to 9-1-3.
San Juan Hills came out on top in a nail-biter against San Clemente when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 3-2. Will San Juan Hills repeat their success, or does San Clemente have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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