The Rocklin Thunder will venture away from home to face off against the Whitney Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Rocklin has five straight wins, Whitney has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Rocklin will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Davis Sr., who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Rocklin came out on top in a nail-biter against Davis Sr. on Tuesday, sneaking past 2-1. Given the Thunder's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 70th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Whitney's offense. They lost 3-0 to Granite Bay on Tuesday.
Whitney's defeat dropped their record down to 2-10-1. As for Rocklin, their victory bumped their record up to 6-0-2.
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