South fell victim to El Segundo and their airtight defense on Monday. They fell just short of the El Segundo Eagles by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 227th, while the Eagles are ranked sixth).
South's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for El Segundo, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which somehow still isn't as good as their 10-1-1 record this season.
South will have a little extra prep time after the loss as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on San Pedro at 3:00 p.m. on January 3, 2025. El Segundo also won't see the pitch for a while: their next matchup is against Mira Costa at 3:30 p.m. on January 10, 2025.
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