The Marina Vikings will head out to challenge the Fountain Valley Barons at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Marina has struggled recently with seven defeats in a row, while Fountain Valley will arrive with four straight victories.
Saturday just wasn't the day for Marina's offense. They lost 4-0 to Camarillo on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1008th, while the Scorpions are ranked 160th).
Meanwhile, Fountain Valley hadn't done well against Los Alamitos recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way last Friday. Everything went Fountain Valley's way against Los Alamitos as Fountain Valley made off with a 3-0 win. That's two games straight that the Barons have won by exactly three goals.
Fountain Valley's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Marina, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9-1.
Marina came out on top in a nail-biter against Fountain Valley in their previous matchup back in January, sneaking past 3-2. Will Marina repeat their success, or does Fountain Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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