A feisty cat fight will be fought when the San Mateo take on the Half Moon Bay at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. San Mateo is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.5 goals per game this season.
San Mateo's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Capuchino with a sharp 3-0 victory. Given the Bearcats' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 412th, while the Mustangs are ranked 1131st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Dylan Domingo and Shannon Lim scored all three of San Mateo's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 28 goals.
Meanwhile, Half Moon Bay hadn't done well against Capuchino recently (they were 1-7-1 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Half Moon Bay came out on top against Capuchino by a score of 2-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Cougars were the better team in the second half.
Half Moon Bay was without their leading scorer, Marcia Lynes, in Monday's contest. With Lynes sidelined, Half Moon Bay had to make some changes to the lineup. Sofia Cunningham played for 80 minutes having averaged 40 this season. Marcia Lynes made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Half Moon Bay picked up their first home win, bumping their record up to 4-10-3. As for San Mateo, their record is now 11-2-2.
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