Oceanside and Rancho Buena Vista are an even 4-4-2 against one another since February of 2017, but likely not for long. The Oceanside Pirates will be playing at home against the Rancho Buena Vista Longhorns at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Oceanside sitting on five straight wins and Rancho Buena Vista on three.
Oceanside's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They came out on top against Carlsbad by a score of 2-0. Give the Pirates' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Rancho Buena Vista's game on Wednesday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They won by a goal and slipped past La Costa Canyon 1-0. Given the Longhorns' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 57th, while the Mavericks are ranked 253rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rancho Buena Vista's one-goal win came courtesy of James Greaney, who's now up to six this season.
Oceanside's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-0-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those four games. As for Rancho Buena Vista, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3-2 record this season.
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