Soccer Recap: Santa Monica Takes Down Crossroads in a Playoff Battle

By Team Reports Feb 15, 2025, 2:39am

Soccer Recap: Santa Monica vs. Crossroads

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Previous Games

02/14/25 vs Crossroads1-0
02/04/25 vs Culver City3-1
01/31/25 vs Leuzinger6-1
01/29/25 vs Hawthorne5-0
01/24/25 @ Culver City2-1
+ 6 more games

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Santa Monica had no problem doing just that on Friday. They never let the Crossroads Roadrunners onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. The victory was nothing new for the Vikings as they're now sitting on 11 straight.

Their one-goal win came courtesy of Khaelan Zeitlin, who's now up to five this season.

Santa Monica's win was their 11th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-2. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 57 goals over those 11 contests. As for Crossroads, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-1.

Santa Monica will have a chance to go back-to-back against Crossroads: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.

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