The El Dorado Cougars will head out to take on the Liberty Ranch Hawks at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. El Dorado has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with four straight losses, while Liberty Ranch will come in with seven straight wins.
On Wednesday, El Dorado didn't have quite enough to beat Galt and fell 3-2. While losing is never fun, El Dorado can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1070th, while Galt are ranked 359th).
Meanwhile, Argonaut kept up with Liberty Ranch until halftime on Wednesday, but afterwards: not so much. The Hawks' defense stepped up to hand the Mustangs a 4-0 shutout. Liberty Ranch might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 contests by three goals or more this season.
They hit Argonaut with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Emily Portillo (2), Juliana Romero, and Brooke Sparks.
El Dorado's defeat dropped their record down to 1-11-2. As for Liberty Ranch, their victory bumped their record up to 17-2-1.
El Dorado suffered a grim 10-2 defeat to Liberty Ranch in their previous meeting on January 7th. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Cougars were down 6-2.
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