The Eastside Lions will square off against the Lancaster Eagles at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Eastside fell victim to Littlerock and their airtight defense on Friday. They fell just short of the Lobos by a score of 1-0. The loss continues a trend for the Lions in their matchups with the Lobos: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, Lancaster was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They fell 3-1 to Palmdale. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 955th, while the Falcons are ranked 221st).
Eastside's loss dropped their record down to 11-4-2. As for Lancaster, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-9-2.
Everything went Eastside's way against Lancaster in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, as Eastside made off with a 5-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Eastside since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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