Soccer Recap: Gardena Comes Up Short

The Gardena Panthers lost 4-1 to the Narbonne Gauchos on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 960th, while the Gauchos are ranked 267th).

Gardena's goal came courtesy of Angel Davila, which was the first he's scored this season.

Gardena's defeat dropped their record down to 3-8-2. As for Narbonne, they pushed their record up to 11-5-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.

Gardena has already played their next match, a 5-2 loss against San Pedro on the 5th. As for Narbonne, they also didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next game, a 2-2 draw against Banning on the 5th.