The Downey Vikings and the St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy Warriors will round out the year against one another at at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. Downey's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Monday just wasn't the day for Downey's offense. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Birmingham an easy 3-0 victory. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 675th, while the Patriots are ranked seventh).
Meanwhile, St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They never let the Dons onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Warriors were the better team in the second half.
Downey's loss dropped their record down to 3-6-1. As for St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2-2.
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