The Crawford Colts will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Brawley Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Crawford's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They skirted past Gompers Prep Academy 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Colts.
Meanwhile, Brawley hadn't done well against Southwest EC recently (they were 1-7-1 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Brawley blew past Southwest EC 3-0. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Wildcats' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 640th, while the Eagles are ranked 317th).
Ian Zuniga and Diego Padilla scored all three of Brawley's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 20 goals.
Crawford has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-7-2 record this season. As for Brawley, they now have a winning record of 5-4-2.
Crawford beat Brawley by a goal in their previous matchup back in December of 2021, winning 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Crawford 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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