The Villa Park Spartans will take on the Esperanza Aztecs at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Villa Park's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for nine straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Villa Park is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Pacifica on Saturday. Villa Park fell just short of Pacifica by a score of 2-1. 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 589th, while the Mariners are ranked 200th).
Meanwhile, Esperanza fell victim to Pacifica and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Mariners by a score of 1-0. The Aztecs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Villa Park's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9. As for Esperanza, the loss was their first on the road , dropping their record down to 4-6-1.
Villa Park came up short against Esperanza when the teams last played back in January of 2024, falling 2-0. Can Villa Park avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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