An exciting East v. West battle is about to be fought. The East Leopards will welcome the West Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in East's favor as the team sits on six straight wins at home while West has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
West better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if East's game on Tuesday is any indication, that's when East really gets things going. The Leopards' defense stepped up to hand Brighton a 3-0 shutout. East might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by three goals or more this season.
They hit Brighton with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Manny Enriquez, Teo Hummasti, and Angel Mendoza.
Meanwhile, West didn't have quite enough to beat Alta on Tuesday and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, West can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked 40th, while Alta are ranked fourth).
West's defeat dropped their record down to 5-9. As for East, their victory bumped their record up to 14-1.
East was able to grind out a solid win over West in their previous matchup back in April, winning 5-3. Do the Leopards have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Panthers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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