The Emerald Aerouants will square off against the Heritage Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Emerald's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for eight straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Emerald fell victim to Freedom and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They lost 7-0 to the Falcons. While losing is never fun, Emerald can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1009th, while Freedom are ranked 361st).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Heritage). Their defense stepped up to hand Deer Valley an 8-0 shutout on Tuesday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Heritage considering their one-goal performance the matchup before.
Heritage has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 4-2-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 12 goals over those four matches. As for Emerald, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
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