The Galt Warriors will square off against the Liberty Ranch Hawks at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Liberty Ranch will be up against a hot Galt squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Galt's defense stepped up to hand Union Mine a 6-0 shutout on Wednesday. The Warriors' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three contests.
Meanwhile, Liberty Ranch had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. They blew past the The Pride 6-0. Given the Hawks' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 265th, while the The Pride are ranked 615th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Liberty Ranch's offense was hitting Bradshaw Christian from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Ivan Gonzalez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Liberty Ranch is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 33 goals over those seven games. As for Galt, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-4.
Galt took their victory against Liberty Ranch in their previous meeting back in January of 2024 by a conclusive 4-1. In that contest, Galt amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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