Arcadia hasn't had much luck against Pasadena recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Apaches will be home for the holidays to greet the Bulldogs at 3:30 p.m.
Arcadia fell victim to Glendale and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Nitros. While losing is never fun, Arcadia can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 715th, while Glendale are ranked 276th).
Meanwhile, Pasadena had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They came out on top against Burbank by a score of 3-1. Pasadena found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: Tobias Gonzalez and Abner Martinez were both handed yellow cards.
Gonzalez and Jesus Navarro scored all three of Pasadena's goals, bringing their combined season tally to six goals.
Arcadia's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Pasadena, their win bumped their record up to 4-1-1.
Arcadia might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from Pasadena in their previous meeting back in January. Can the Apaches avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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