Eastwood is 1-9 against Eastlake since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Eastwood Troopers are taking a road trip to square off against the Eastlake Falcons at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
While the 2-2 score might suggest a draw, it was Socorro who was credited with the win on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Troopers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 183rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 29th).
Gael Zavala and Alejandro Herrera-Corral scored both of Eastwood's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 15 goals.
Eastlake is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Montwood on Tuesday. Eastlake fell 3-1 to Montwood. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, the Falcons couldn't push the score so high this time.
Eastlake has also traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five games. That's put a noticeable dent in their 8-4 record this season. This is the second loss in a row for Eastwood and nudges their season record down to 7-7.
Eastwood suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Eastlake when the teams last played back in January. Can Eastwood avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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