The Cardinal Newman Cardinals will square off against the Rancho Cotate Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cardinal Newman's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Cardinal Newman is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Windsor on Tuesday. The Cardinals fell 3-1 to the Jaguars. While losing is never fun, Cardinal Newman can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 645th, while Windsor are ranked 104th).
Meanwhile, Rancho Cotate has been on a difficult stretch since their win on January 6. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Ukiah on Tuesday.
Cardinal Newman's loss dropped their record down to 3-10-3. As for Rancho Cotate, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-6-5.
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