Turlock and Modesto are an even 4-4-2 against one another since January of 2020, but likely not for long. The Turlock Bulldogs will look to defend their home pitch on Monday against the Modesto Panthers at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Turlock has three straight victories, Modesto has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
If Modesto heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Turlock took over last week. Turlock won by a goal and slipped past Pitman 3-2. That's two games straight that the Bulldogs have won by just one goal.
Sebastian Carbajal and Fernando Carbajal scored all three of Turlock's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 14 goals.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Modesto's offense. They came up short against Downey on Thursday, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1000th, while the Knights are ranked 107th).
Turlock is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 21 goals over those seven matchups. As for Modesto, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-12-3.
Everything went Turlock's way against Modesto in their previous matchup on January 8th, as Turlock made off with a 6-1 win. Does Turlock have another victory up their sleeve, or will Modesto turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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