The Mountain View Spartans are taking a road trip to challenge the Wilcox Chargers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Wilcox took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Mountain View, who comes in off a win.
Mountain View will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Thursday, then bounced right back against Palo Alto on Tuesday. The Spartans put the hurt on the Vikings with a sharp 5-0 victory. Mountain View haven't had any issues with Palo Alto recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.
Meanwhile, Wilcox was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Los Gatos. While losing is never fun, Wilcox can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 521st, while Los Gatos are ranked 110th).
Wilcox's defeat dropped their record down to 5-9-4. As for Mountain View, their victory bumped their record up to 13-3-2.
Mountain View got the 'W' in their previous meeting back in January against Wilcox by a conclusive 7-1 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Spartans 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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