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Foothill Esperanza

Knights

Aztecs

The Esperanza (Anaheim, CA) varsity soccer team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against Foothill (Santa Ana, CA) by a score of 3-2.

	1	2	Final
Foothill	3	0	3
Esperanza	1	1	2

Final score provided by D. Reid.

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Game Stats

Esperanza (23-24)

Foothill

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	3	4	10
5	Lucas Regan (Sr)		1	1
8	Tyler Valdez (Sr)	1	1	3
16	Matthew Mendoza (Jr)	2		4
19	Isaac Garduno (Sr)		1	1
29	Mitch Sampson (Sr)		1	1

Esperanza

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Pts
	Team Totals	2	4
7	KEVIN DELGADO (Sr)	1	2
17	COLE POLING (Sr)	1	2

Foothill

#	Athlete Name	G	GWG
	Team Totals	3	1
8	Tyler Valdez (Sr)	1
16	Matthew Mendoza (Jr)	2	1

Esperanza

#	Athlete Name	G
	Team Totals	2
7	KEVIN DELGADO (Sr)	1
17	COLE POLING (Sr)	1

Foothill

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80			2	4		2.000
27	Joshua Picker (Jr)	80			2	4		2.000

Goaltending

Esperanza has not entered any goaltending stats.

Foothill

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals				1
27	Joshua Picker (Jr)				1

Esperanza has not entered any goaltending stats.

Game Story

California High School Soccer - Esperanza held off by Foothill

January 24, 2024: Anaheim, CA 92807

In Wednesday's non-league battle, the visiting Foothill Knights soccer squad scored a close 3-2 triumph over the Esperanza Aztecs.

The Knights (12-5) will now prepare for their battle against El Dorado (Placentia, CA). The Golden Hawks come into the Crestview battle with a 7-6 record. In their last match, El Dorado was tipped by Yorba Linda (Yorba Linda, CA), 2-0, in a non-league match.

With the loss, Esperanza drops to 12-5 on the season. The Aztecs host Brea Olinda (Brea, CA) to encounter the Wildcats in a North Hills match on Friday, January 26. The Wildcats come into the match with a record of 2-3. Brea Olinda 1-1 in their recent non-league match against Canyon (Anaheim, CA)

Players of the Game

Foothill (23-24)

Congratulations to #8 Tyler Valdez for being selected the Foothill Soccer Player of the Game.

Esperanza (23-24)

Esperanza has not selected any Players of the Game.

Rankings & Records

Foothill (23-24)

National	CA	Section	Sec. Div.
173	52	24	4

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	GF	GA
18-8-6	2-3-1	6-3-3	9-4-1	3-1-2	.656	.417	73	57

Esperanza (23-24)

National	CA	Section	Sec. Div.
279	85	39	2

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	GF	GA
18-7-4	4-0-2	9-3-1	8-3-3	1-1	.690	.833	53	34

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	Final	SO
Foothill	.9	1.3	2.3	5.0
Esperanza	.7	.8	1.8	4.0

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Esperanza Videos

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Team Stat Comparison

Foothill		Esperanza
73	Goals	16
66	Assists	3
1.853	Goals Against Average	-

Team Leaders

Foothill		Esperanza	National Avg.
#16 Matthew Mendoza16	Goals	#17 COLE POLING8	4
#7 Jacob Garcia12	Assists	#11 TRAVIS RIVERA1	3
#27 Joshua Picker1.712	Goals Against Average	-	1.310

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Foothill	5-3-3		Esperanza	7-2-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/1/23	Portola	Foothill	(T) 1-1	12/14/23	Portola	Esperanza	(W) 2-1
				2/7/24	Portola	Esperanza	(W) 3-1
12/13/23	Foothill	Laguna Hills	(W) 4-1	12/15/23	Esperanza	Laguna Hills	(T) 1-1
1/3/24	El Modena	Foothill	(W) 3-0	1/12/24	El Modena	Esperanza	(W) 1-0
				1/29/24	Esperanza	El Modena	(W) 3-1
1/5/24	Foothill	Yorba Linda	(W) 4-2	1/17/24	Yorba Linda	Esperanza	(T) 1-1
				1/31/24	Esperanza	Yorba Linda	(T) 0-0
1/10/24	El Dorado	Foothill	(L) 3-0	1/3/24	Esperanza	El Dorado	(W) 2-0
1/26/24	Foothill	El Dorado	(L) 2-0
1/12/24	Canyon	Foothill	(L) 2-1	1/19/24	Esperanza	Canyon	(L) 3-1
1/29/24	Foothill	Canyon	(W) 2-0
1/17/24	Foothill	Villa Park	(W) 4-3	1/5/24	Villa Park	Esperanza	(L) 3-1
1/31/24	Villa Park	Foothill	(T) 1-1
1/19/24	Brea Olinda	Foothill	(T) 2-2	1/10/24	Esperanza	Brea Olinda	(W) 2-1
				1/26/24	Brea Olinda	Esperanza	(W) 2-1

Record Breakdown

Foothill (23-24)		Esperanza (23-24)
18-8-6	Overall	18-7-4
2-3-1	League	4-0-2
10-2-3	Non-League	8-4-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
5-3-3	Common Opponent	7-2-3
6-3-3	Home	9-3-1
9-4-1	Away	8-3-3
3-1-2	Neutral	1-1
5-2	Playoff	4-2
18-8-6	In-State	18-7-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0