The Norco Cougars will take on the Corona Panthers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Norco's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Norco will bounce into Friday's match after beating Santiago, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. The Cougars never let the Sharks get on the board and left with a 1-0 win on Wednesday. The victory was all the more spectacular given Norco's disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 203rd, while Santiago are ranked eighth).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Corona was not quite Roosevelt's equal in the second half on Wednesday. They fell 3-1 to the Mustangs. That's two games in a row now that Corona have lost by exactly two goals.
Norco's win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-1-1 and their overall record up to 11-3-2. As for Corona, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-9-2.
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