Sacramento Country Day has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Buckingham Charter Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Sacramento Country Day is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Cristo Rey, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Sacramento Country Day was ranked 16th). Sacramento Country Day suffered a tough 8-0 loss at the hands of Cristo Rey on Tuesday. Sacramento Country Day has not had much luck with Cristo Rey recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Meanwhile, Buckingham Charter had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. While the 0-0 score might suggest a draw, it was the Knights who were credited with the victory. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but they were the better team in the second half.
Sacramento Country Day's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Buckingham Charter, their win bumped their record up to 4-5-1.
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