The Fall River Bulldogs will challenge the Weed Cougars at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Fall River is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Modoc just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Monday. While the 1-1 score might suggest a draw, it was the Braves who were credited with the win. Modoc got it done in the shootout by posting three goals to Fall River's two. While the Bulldogs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Braves 1-0 in the first half.
Fall River's goal came courtesy of
Ulisses Alvarez, who's now up to 21 this season.
Weed's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Tulelake on Tuesday. They lost 6-0 to the Honkers. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 68th, while the Honkers are ranked 18th).
Fall River's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-3. As for Weed, they dropped their record down to 5-9 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
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