The Walnut Mustangs will face off against the Glendora Tartans at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Walnut took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They never let Diamond Bar onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 134th, while the Brahmas are ranked 522nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Glendora was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They fell 2-0 to Bonita. The matchup was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Tartans couldn't quite close it out.
Glendora's defeat dropped their record down to 7-10. As for Walnut, their victory bumped their record up to 10-4-4.
Everything went Walnut's way against Glendora when the teams last played back in January, as Walnut made off with an 8-3 win. In that game, Walnut amassed a halftime lead of 6-3, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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