Soccer Game Preview: Orthopaedic vs. Huntington Park

The Orthopaedic Vipers will venture away from home to challenge the Huntington Park Spartans at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Orthopaedic will be strutting in after a win while Huntington Park will be coming in after a loss.

Orthopaedic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Alliance Bloomfield 2-1. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Vipers were the better team in the second half.

Meanwhile, Huntington Park was not able to break out of their rough patch last Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They were a single goal away from ending the streak, but they lost a 1-0 heartbreaker at the hands of Bell. The match was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Spartans couldn't quite close it out.

Huntington Park's loss dropped their record down to 4-13. As for Orthopaedic, their win bumped their record up to 11-6.