The Crean Lutheran Saints will take on the Villa Park Spartans at 6:15 p.m. on Friday.
Crean Lutheran is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Brea Olinda on Wednesday. Crean Lutheran lost 4-1 to Brea Olinda. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 536th, while the Wildcats are ranked 154th).
Meanwhile, Villa Park came tearing into Wednesday's game with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top against the Mariners by a score of 3-1. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Spartans were the better team in the second half.
Villa Park's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-2-3. As for Crean Lutheran, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 1-1-1 and their overall record down to 4-5-2.
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