The Santa Ana Valley Falcons will take on the Magnolia Sentinels at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Santa Ana Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Saddleback a 4-0 shutout on Thursday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Falcons considering their one-goal performance the game before.
They hit Saddleback with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Jayleen Roldan (2), Genesis Camberos, and Melissa Librado.
Meanwhile, Magnolia entered their tilt with Santiago on Tuesday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They skirted past the Cavaliers 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Sentinels were the better team in the second half.
Magnolia pushed their record up to 11-9-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those five contests. As for Santa Ana Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 10-4-3.
Santa Ana Valley might still be hurting after the 6-1 defeat they got from Magnolia in their previous meeting two weeks ago. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Santa Ana Valley was down 3-0.
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