The Poly Bears will venture away from home to challenge the Moreno Valley Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Poly's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for seven straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
On Wednesday, Poly came up short against Valley View and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, Poly can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1018th, while Valley View are ranked 197th).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Moreno Valley was not quite Arlington's equal in the second half on Wednesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lions. Moreno Valley have struggled against Arlington recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Moreno Valley's loss dropped their record down to 8-5-4. As for Poly, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-14.
Poly suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Moreno Valley when the teams last played on January 7th. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Bears were down 5-1.
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