The Yorba Linda Mustangs will head out to face off against the Foothill Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Yorba Linda fell victim to Canyon and their airtight defense on Friday. 2025 welcomed they with a 4-0 loss courtesy of the Comanches. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 464th, while the Comanches are ranked 193rd).
Meanwhile, Foothill hasn't lost a match since December 14, 2024, a trend which continued in their latest game on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Canyon a 1-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Knights have won by just one goal.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Max Copia, which was the first he's scored this season.
Foothill is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4-3 record this season. As for Yorba Linda, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-5-1.
Yorba Linda opened the new year with a less-than-successful 4-2 defeat to Foothill. Can Yorba Linda avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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