Soccer Game Preview: Canyon vs. Katella

The Canyon Comanches and the Katella Knights will round out the year against one another at at 2:00 p.m. on Friday.

Canyon is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Friday, they were much more limited against Villa Park on Monday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Spartans.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Katella). Their defense stepped up to hand Tustin a 5-0 shutout on Friday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Knights needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.

Canyon's defeat dropped their record down to 6-2-1. As for Katella, the victory got them back to even at 2-2-4.

Everything went Canyon's way against Katella in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, as Canyon made off with a 3-0 win. Will Canyon repeat their success, or does Katella have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.