The Arroyo Dons will face off against the Mt. Eden Monarchs at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Arroyo came up short against Berkeley on Tuesday, falling 5-2. While losing is never fun, Arroyo can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 464th, while Berkeley are ranked 62nd).
Jonathan Rodriguez-Palafox wasn't going to let Berkeley walk away unscathed as he scored both of Arroyo's goals, bringing his season total up to 16 goals.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Mt. Eden was not quite Castro Valley's equal in the second half on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Trojans by a score of 2-1.
Mt. Eden's defeat dropped their record down to 9-2-7. As for Arroyo, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6-4.
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