The El Modena Vanguards will head out to challenge the Cypress Centurions at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. El Modena'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.
El Modena will bounce into Tuesday's match after beating Brea Olinda, who they had gone 0-8-1 against in their nine prior meetings. The Vanguards' defense stepped up to hand the Wildcats a 1-0 shutout on Thursday. The win was all the more spectacular given El Modena's disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 592nd, while Brea Olinda are ranked 153rd).
Meanwhile, Cypress didn't have quite enough to beat La Habra on Friday and fell 3-2.
El Modena's victory was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 4-8-7. As for Cypress, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-5-3.
El Modena might still be hurting after the 4-1 loss they got from Cypress in their previous meeting on January 8th. Can the Vanguards avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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