Mission Bay High School girls’ soccer coach Jorge Palacios expects his team to cement a top-five playoff seeding when the playoff pairings are decided and announced on Feb. 20. After finishing their 2009 campaign as semifinalists in the Division III CIF San Diego Section playoffs and controlling Central League play for the second-straight season, Palacios likes his team’s chances. So does his team. “It’s a really young team,” Palacios said. “But I think they are figuring out how good they are, and they are really welcome to challenges. They aren’t scared of anyone.” Palacios said his biggest obstacles this postseason are any of the Western League teams, particularly La Jolla High School, Cathedral Catholic and Coronado. While La Jolla is the reigning champion, Cathedral is a perpetual powerhouse and Coronado is having an “amazing year,” Palacios said, but don’t count Mission Bay out. “I want us to be top dogs,” junior defender Remy Gagnon said. “We are not underdogs. I hate when people call us the underdogs because we are so much better than that.”