The Palos Verdes Sea Kings will face off against the El Segundo Eagles at 3:15 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Palos Verdes is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Redondo Union, who was ranked tenth at the time (Palos Verdes was ranked 12th). Palos Verdes had just enough and edged Redondo Union out 2-1. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Sea Kings were the better team in the second half.
William Knotek and Brody Leipzig scored both of Palos Verdes' goals, bringing their combined season tally to 13 goals.
Meanwhile, El Segundo had just enough and edged South out 3-2 on Friday. That's two games straight that the Eagles have won by just one goal.
El Segundo's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-4-1. As for Palos Verdes, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4-2 record this season.
Palos Verdes beat El Segundo 2-0 in their previous meeting back in January. Will Palos Verdes repeat their success, or does El Segundo have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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