The Hoover Tornados will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Corona Panthers at 12:00 p.m. on Monday. Hoover is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.6 goals per game this season.
Hoover's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed two weeks ago. They were the clear victor by a 14-0 margin over Shalhevet. Considering the Tornados have won four matches by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Shalhevet from everywhere, as ten different players booted in a goal. Areg Gevorgyan led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Corona's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They fell just short of Mira Costa by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 137th, while the Mustangs are ranked fourth).
Hoover pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 30 goals over those five contests. As for Corona, their loss dropped their record down to 8-2-1.
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