The South El Monte Eagles will face off against the Marshall Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (South El Monte has seven straight wins, Marshall has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
South El Monte's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Rosemead as South El Monte made off with a 3-0 victory. Considering the Eagles have won ten contests by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Fabricio Ocampo and Alexander Morales scored all three of South El Monte's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 46 goals.
Meanwhile, Marshall's game on Tuesday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Rosemead by a score of 2-1.
South El Monte has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-4-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 32 goals over those nine matchups. As for Marshall, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7-4.
Everything went South El Monte's way against Marshall in their previous matchup on January 7th, as South El Monte made off with a 3-0 win. Will South El Monte repeat their success, or does Marshall have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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