The La Habra Highlanders will head out on the road to square off against the El Modena Vanguards at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. La Habra's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
On Wednesday, La Habra came up short against Yorba Linda and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, La Habra can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 695th, while Yorba Linda are ranked 87th).
Meanwhile, El Modena has been on a difficult stretch since their win on December 5. They fell just short of Yorba Linda by a score of 2-1 on Friday. The contest was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but El Modena couldn't quite close it out.
La Habra's defeat dropped their record down to 6-10-2. As for El Modena, their loss dropped their record down to 2-13-2.
La Habra came out on top in a nail-biter against El Modena in their previous meeting two weeks ago, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Highlanders since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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