The Moreno Valley Vikings will face off against the Rancho Verde Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Moreno Valley has three straight wins, Rancho Verde has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
On Monday, Moreno Valley narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Orange Vista 3-2. That's two games straight that the Vikings have won by just one goal.
Sayed Khan and Julian Gutierrez scored all three of Moreno Valley's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 21 goals.
Meanwhile, Rancho Verde managed to keep up with Liberty until halftime on Monday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Rancho Verde lost 4-0 to Liberty.
Moreno Valley is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-3-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 13 goals over those five contests. As for Rancho Verde, their loss dropped their record down to 3-10-1.
Moreno Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Rancho Verde when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 2-0. Will Moreno Valley repeat their success, or does Rancho Verde have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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