The El Camino Real Royals will head out to challenge the Birmingham Patriots at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as El Camino Real comes in on seven and Birmingham on four.
El Camino Real's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Cleveland with a sharp 3-0 win. The Royals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by three goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, Birmingham earned a 2-0 victory over Chatsworth on Wednesday. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked sixth, while the Chancellors are ranked 521st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Carlos Esnal and Kriss Gonzalez-Cea scored both of Birmingham's goals, bringing their combined season tally to five goals.
El Camino Real pushed their record up to 13-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those four games. As for Birmingham, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2 record this season.
Everything went El Camino Real's way against Birmingham in their previous matchup two weeks ago, as El Camino Real made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for El Camino Real since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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