The Burbank Bulldogs will take on the Taft Toreadors in a holiday battle at 6:45 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Taft will have to contend with a Burbank squad hungry for a victory, something the team hasn't seen since the 3rd. Burbank fell just short of Moorpark by a score of 3-2 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, Burbank can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 543rd, while Moorpark are ranked 107th).
Aram Hovanessian wasn't going to let Moorpark walk away unscathed as he scored both of Burbank's goals, bringing his season total up to six goals.
Meanwhile, Taft entered their contest against Newbury Park on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Toreadors fell 3-1 to the Panthers. Having soared to a lofty five goals in the game before, Taft couldn't push the score so high this time.
Burbank's loss dropped their record down to 3-5-1. As for Taft, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2-4.
Burbank beat Taft by a goal in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, winning 1-0. Will the Bulldogs repeat their success, or do the Toreadors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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