The Aptos Mariners will venture away from home to challenge the Santa Cruz Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Aptos sitting on four straight victories and Santa Cruz on five.
Last Wednesday, Aptos narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Soquel 2-1. Given the Mariners' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 346th, while the Knights are ranked 1016th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Santa Cruz kept a clean sheet against Scotts Valley on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Falcons as they made off with a 4-0 victory. Considering the Cardinals have won eight games by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Santa Cruz is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 45 goals over those ten matchups. As for Aptos, their win bumped their record up to 10-4-1.
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