While Tulare Union didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-15-3), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Their defense stepped up to hand the Roosevelt Rough Riders a 2-0 shutout on Saturday. Given the The Tribe's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 51st, while the Rough Riders are ranked 223rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kylah Cordova and
Daphne Avila scored both of Tulare Union's goals, bringing their combined season tally to four goals.
Tulare Union's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-0-1. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three games. As for Roosevelt, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4-1.
Tulare Union has already played their next match (against Roosevelt), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Roosevelt, they will head out to challenge San Joaquin Memorial at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Roosevelt is facing San Joaquin Memorial at the right time seeing as San Joaquin Memorial is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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