A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Half Moon Bay duke it out with the Woodside at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday... Half Moon Bay's last three games have been decided by no more than a goal, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Half Moon Bay is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Hillsdale on Friday. Half Moon Bay fell just short of Hillsdale by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 882nd, while the FIGHTING KNIGHTS are ranked 106th).
Half Moon Bay's goal came courtesy of Asher Harris, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Woodside had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They never let the Bearcats onto the board and left with a 5-0 win. Five seems to be a good number for the Wildcats as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Woodside pushed their record up to 5-7 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 17 goals over those three contests. As for Half Moon Bay, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7-2.
Half Moon Bay came out on top in a nail-biter against Woodside in their previous matchup back in February of 2019, sneaking past 1-0. Will Half Moon Bay repeat their success, or does Woodside have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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