The Montgomery Vikings will head out on the road to take on the Cardinal Newman Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Montgomery's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for six straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Montgomery is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Ukiah on Tuesday. Montgomery lost 3-0 to Ukiah. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 435th, while the Wildcats are ranked 67th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cardinal Newman). They put the hurt on Rancho Cotate with a sharp 6-2 victory on Tuesday. The win was nothing new for the Cardinals as they're now sitting on three straight.
Montgomery's loss dropped their record down to 3-5-5. As for Cardinal Newman, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2-2 record this season.
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