The Milpitas Trojans will venture away from home to challenge the Cupertino Pioneers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Milpitas' last three matches have been decided by no more than a goal, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Milpitas' defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over MacDonald. That's two games straight that the Trojans have won by just one goal.
Meanwhile, Cupertino managed to keep up with Fremont until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Cupertino lost 4-0 to Fremont. The Pioneers haven't had much luck with the Firebirds recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Cupertino's loss dropped their record down to 11-8. As for Milpitas, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-7 record this season.
Everything went Milpitas' way against Cupertino when the teams last played back in January, as Milpitas made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Milpitas 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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