The Villa Park Spartans will face off against the Cathedral Phantoms at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
Villa Park is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Corona, sneaking past 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Spartans.
Meanwhile, Cathedral kept a clean sheet against Servite on Friday. They skirted past the Friars 1-0. Jonathan Villamontes had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Phantoms.
Cathedral was without their leading scorer, Angel Sandres, in Friday's game. With Sandres sitting this one out, Hector Gutierrez got some extra time on the pitch (65 vs. his season average of 41.4). Gutierrez made the most of the opportunity, putting up one assist A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Cathedral has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 29 goals over those seven contests. As for Villa Park, their win bumped their record up to 15-3.
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