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| 12/09/24 - Home | 3-1 W |
| 01/27/24 - Home | 4-2 W |
| 12/07/23 - Away | 3-2 W |
| 02/06/20 - Home | 2-1 W |
| 01/16/20 - Away | 1-0 W |
| + 5 more games |
Orthopaedic has gone 8-0-2 against Downtown Magnets recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Orthopaedic Vipers will square off against the Downtown Magnets Suns at 2:00 p.m. Orthopaedic's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for six straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Orthopaedic took a loss when they played away from home last Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past USC-MAE 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Vipers were the better team in the second half.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Roger Mendoza, who's now up to seven this season.
Meanwhile, Downtown Magnets had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They walked away with a 4-2 victory over the Stallions. That's two games straight that the Suns have won by exactly two goals.
Downtown Magnets is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 31 goals over those seven contests. As for Orthopaedic, they now have a winning record of 6-5-3.
Orthopaedic beat Downtown Magnets 3-1 in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for Orthopaedic since the team 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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