The Harvard-Westlake Wolverines will square off against the Palmdale Falcons at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Harvard-Westlake is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand Aliso Niguel a 1-0 shutout. Given Harvard-Westlake's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 41st, while Aliso Niguel is ranked 151st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Palmdale had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They came within a single goal of losing the streak, but they secured a 4-3 W against the Cardinals. That's two games straight that the Falcons have won by just one goal.
Harvard-Westlake is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 32 goals over those nine contests. As for Palmdale, their victory bumped their record up to 13-4.
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