Animo Leadership's game last Friday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Friday. They rang in the new year with a 2-0 victory over the Hawthorne Cougars. Given the Aztec Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 317th, while the Cougars are ranked 1024th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Animo Leadership is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-7-2 record this season. As for Hawthorne, they dropped their record down to 1-8-1 with the defeat, which was their eighth straight on the road.
Animo Leadership will venture away from home to take on Marquez at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Hawthorne, they will square off against Culver City at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.
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