The St. Paul Swordsmen will challenge the Cathedral Phantoms at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Paul has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with four straight losses, while Cathedral will come in with six straight victories.
Wednesday just wasn't the day for St. Paul's offense. They fell 2-0 to Salesian on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, St. Paul can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 768th, while Salesian are ranked 176th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cathedral). They never let St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy get on the board and left with a 13-0 win on Wednesday. Give Cathedral's defense some credit: that's the team's sixth straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Francisco Cruz Alvizar led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
St. Paul's defeat dropped their record down to 5-8-2. As for Cathedral, their victory bumped their record up to 9-2-1.
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