Garces Memorial has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Liberty Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Garces Memorial had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Broncos a 1-0 shutout. Garces Memorial's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matchups.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Indi Chambers, who's now up to six this season.
Meanwhile, Liberty waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with five straight wins but they left with six. They skirted past Sanger 1-0. Given Liberty's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked tenth, while Sanger is ranked 50th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Garces Memorial pushed their record up to 18-2-1 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Liberty, they are on a roll lately: they've won 16 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 22-1-2 record this season.
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