The Santa Paula Cardinals will challenge the Nordhoff Rangers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Santa Paula has four straight victories, Nordhoff has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
On Wednesday, Santa Paula earned a 3-1 win over Hueneme. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 52nd, while the Vikings are ranked 551st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, there was early excitement for Nordhoff after they claimed the first score on Monday, but it was Dunn who ended up claiming the real prize. Nordhoff fell just short of Dunn by a score of 3-2.
Nordhoff's loss dropped their record down to 3-7-1. As for Santa Paula, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2-2 record this season.
Santa Paula beat Nordhoff by a goal in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, winning 1-0. Does Santa Paula have another victory up their sleeve, or will Nordhoff turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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