The King/Drew Golden Eagles will take on the Millikan Rams in a holiday battle at at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with King/Drew sitting on eight straight victories and Millikan on ten.
King/Drew's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They beat Stella High Charter Academy by a goal, winning 1-0. Given the Golden Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 159th, while the Eagles are ranked 725th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Millikan). They blew past Compton 7-0 on Wednesday. The Rams' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four contests.
Their offense was hitting Compton from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Jaycob Alfaro Plascencia led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
King/Drew pushed their record up to 8-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 13 goals over those four matchups. As for Millikan, their victory bumped their record up to 10-0.
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