The South East Jaguars and the Bernstein Dragons will round out the year against one another at at 1:50 p.m. on Friday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
South East's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Animo Robinson, sneaking past 1-0.
Meanwhile, Bernstein fell victim to Verdugo Hills and their airtight defense on Thursday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Dons. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 615th, while the Dons are ranked 238th).
Bernstein now has a losing record at 3-4-1. As for South East, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
Everything went South East's way against Bernstein in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, as South East made off with a 4-0 win. Does South East have another victory up their sleeve, or will Bernstein turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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