The El Modena Vanguards will challenge the Esperanza Aztecs at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. El Modena's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for seven straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
El Modena is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against La Habra on Wednesday. The Vanguards fell just short of the Highlanders by a score of 2-1. That's two games in a row now that El Modena have lost by just one goal.
Their goal came courtesy of Cam Collazo, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Esperanza's offense. They fell just short of Yorba Linda by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, Esperanza can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 588th, while Yorba Linda are ranked 114th).
El Modena's loss dropped their record down to 2-11-1. As for Esperanza, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5-5.
El Modena was able to grind out a solid victory over Esperanza when the teams last played back in December of 2024, winning 4-2. Do the Vanguards have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Aztecs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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