Pacific Ridge has won nine straight games at home, while Central has won nine straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Saturday. The Pacific Ridge Firebirds will welcome the Central Spartans at 3:00 p.m. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
Pacific Ridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They never let Yucaipa get on the board and left with a 1-0 win. Given the Firebirds' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 18th, while the Thunderbirds are ranked 145th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pacific Ridge's one-goal win came courtesy of Nick Axelson, who's now up to 22 this season.
Meanwhile, Central's game on Thursday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Laguna Beach. That's two games straight that the Spartans have won by just one goal.
Central is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 26-2 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up five goals over those 11 matchups. Pacific Ridge's win bumped their record up to 22-2.
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