The Monrovia Wildcats will venture away from home to square off against the Temple City Rams at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
It was a proper cat-fight when Monrovia duked it out with South Pasadena on Wednesday. The two teams finished up on equal footing with a 0-0 draw.
Meanwhile, Temple City managed to keep up with San Marino until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Rams came up short against the Titans, falling 4-1. While losing is never fun, Temple City can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 505th, while San Marino are ranked 92nd).
Temple City's goal came courtesy of Julia Casper, who's now up to three this season.
Monrovia's draw gives them a new season record of 6-2-3. As for Temple City, they dropped their record down to 4-8-2 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Monrovia came out on top in a nail-biter against Temple City when the teams last played two weeks ago, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Wildcats since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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