The La Canada Spartans are taking a road trip to square off against the Monrovia Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. La Canada is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
La Canada proved they can win big on Monday (they won by five) and on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged out South Pasadena 2-1. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but La Canada were the better team in the second half.
Samantha Hosford was the driving force of La Canada's attack as she scored both of La Canada's goals, bringing her season total up to 26 goals.
Meanwhile, Monrovia came up short against San Marino on Wednesday and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, Monrovia can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 328th, while San Marino are ranked 94th).
La Canada has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-7-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 15 goals over those four matches. As for Monrovia, their loss dropped their record down to 8-3-3.
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