The Chaparral Pumas and the West Valley Mustangs will compete for holiday cheer at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
Chaparral fell victim to Ayala and their airtight defense last Friday. They lost 7-0 to the Bulldogs. The loss was the Pumas' first of the season.
Meanwhile, West Valley had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They never let the Cardinals onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 115th, while the Cardinals are ranked 424th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
West Valley's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-2-1. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those five matchups. As for Chaparral, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 1-1-1.
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