Arcata has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the St. Bernard's Crusaders at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Arcata is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Arcata is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: McKinleyville, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Arcata was ranked fourth). Arcata walked away with a 3-1 win over McKinleyville on Tuesday. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Tigers were the better team in the second half.
They hit McKinleyville with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Tex Larsen,
Cruz Aguilar Miner, and
Izaiah Grosveld.
Meanwhile, St. Bernard's was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 11-0 to Fortuna. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while the Huskies are ranked seventh).
Arcata's victory bumped their record up to 7-1-1. As for St. Bernard's, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Arcata took their win against St. Bernard's in their previous matchup back in August by a conclusive 4-0. Will Arcata repeat their success, or does St. Bernard's have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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