El Segundo is 1-7-1 against Mira Costa since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The El Segundo Eagles will venture away from home to square off against the Mira Costa Mustangs at 3:30 p.m. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
El Segundo's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed back in December of 2024. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over South. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Spartans are ranked 186th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
El Segundo's one-goal win came courtesy of Ricky Martocci, who's now up to four this season.
Meanwhile, Mira Costa had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.2 goals) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Tuesday. They beat the Sea Kings by a goal, winning 2-1. That's two games straight that the Mustangs have won by just one goal.
El Segundo is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which somehow still isn't as good as their 10-1-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 26 goals over those seven games. As for Mira Costa, their victory bumped their record up to 15-1.
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