The Huntington Park Spartans will square off against the Kennedy Cougars at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a five-game winning streak alive.
Huntington Park is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They never let Franklin get on the board and left with a 2-0 victory. The Spartans' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three contests.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Kennedy ultimately got the result they hoped for on Thursday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over Reseda. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Cougars' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 472nd, while the Regents are ranked 211th).
Kennedy's one-goal win came courtesy of Miguel Arias, which was the first he's scored this season.
Kennedy's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-13. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three matches. As for Huntington Park, their victory bumped their record up to 8-9.
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