The Upland Highlanders/Scots will square off against the Etiwanda Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Upland is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Upland will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Wednesday, then bounced right back against Los Osos on Friday. Upland walked away with a 4-2 win over Los Osos. Given the Highlanders/Scots' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 54th, while the Grizzlies are ranked 382nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Upland hit Los Osos with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Drew Carter, Ryder Fierro, Matthieu Ocampo, and Luis Meza.
Meanwhile, Etiwanda hasn't lost a match since January 17th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Friday. They won by a goal and slipped past Rancho Cucamonga 2-1.
Etiwanda's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-3-2. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those five games. As for Upland, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 11-3-1.
Upland beat Etiwanda 2-0 in their previous meeting back in January. Will Upland repeat their success, or does Etiwanda have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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