The Coast Union Broncos will challenge the Santa Clara Saints at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Coast Union has four straight victories, Santa Clara has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
On Friday, it was close, but Coast Union sidestepped Grace for a 3-2 win. Given the Broncos' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 415th, while the Lancers are ranked 1134th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Santa Clara fell victim to Villanova Prep and their airtight defense on Thursday. They came up short against the Wildcats, falling 3-0. The shutout was out of character for the Saints seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in December of 2024.
Santa Clara's defeat dropped their record down to 3-7-1. As for Coast Union, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which somehow still isn't as good as their 14-1-1 record this season.
Everything went Coast Union's way against Santa Clara when the teams last played on January 9th, as Coast Union made off with a 4-1 victory. Will Coast Union repeat their success, or does Santa Clara have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
