The Villa Park Spartans will face off against the Esperanza Aztecs at 2:00 p.m. on Friday.
Villa Park saw some tournament action on Friday. They took a 4-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Valley View. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 139th, while the Eagles are ranked 43rd).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Esperanza, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They came out on top against La Serna by a score of 3-1 last Monday. Manny Aguayo had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Aztecs got from the refs.
Travis Rivera and Aguayo scored all three of Esperanza's goals, bringing their combined season tally to seven goals.
Villa Park's loss dropped their record down to 6-2-3. As for Esperanza, they now have a winning record of 5-4-3.
Villa Park came out on top in a nail-biter against Esperanza when the teams last played on December 7th, sneaking past 2-1. Does Villa Park have another victory up their sleeve, or will Esperanza turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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