The Mira Costa Mustangs will venture away from home to square off against the South Spartans at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mira Costa has 13 straight wins, South has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Mira Costa is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Redondo Union, who was ranked eighth at the time (Mira Costa was ranked third). Mira Costa's defense stepped up to hand Redondo Union a 3-0 shutout on Friday. Considering the Mustangs have won seven games by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Redondo Union with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Tosh Bridges, Sinan Pepemehmetoglu, and Trenton Zimmermann.
Meanwhile, South didn't have quite enough to beat Mira Costa on Thursday and fell 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Spartans have lost by just one goal.
Mira Costa's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-1. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those five matches. As for South, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-8.
Mira Costa beat South by a goal when the teams last played on Thursday, winning 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mira Costa since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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