The Upland Highlanders/Scots will head out on the road to face off against the Rancho Cucamonga Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Upland is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.
If Rancho Cucamonga heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Upland took over last week. Upland walked away with a 3-1 victory over Chino on Monday. Given the Highlanders/Scots' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Cowboys are ranked 540th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Maddux Lozano and Nicholas Giron scored all three of Upland's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.
Despite a strong season so far, Rancho Cucamonga has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They were one goals away from ending the streak, but they lost a 2-1 heartbreaker at the hands of Poly. That's two games in a row now that the Cougars have lost by just one goal.
Rancho Cucamonga's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-3-1. As for Upland, they picked up their first road win, bumping their record up to 5-1-1.
Upland suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Rancho Cucamonga when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Upland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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