The Valley Center Jaguars will square off against the San Marcos Knights on Thursday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
San Marcos will have to contend with a Valley Center squad hungry for a win, something the team hasn't seen since the ninth. Valley Center fell just short of Escondido by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 701st, while the Cougars are ranked 137th).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, San Marcos was not quite Mt. Carmel's equal in the second half on Tuesday. They fell 2-0 to the Sundevils.
San Marcos' defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 1-1-3 and their overall record down to 2-6-8. As for Valley Center, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7-4.
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