Brighton has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the East Leopards at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The matchup should be an exciting one, as these teams are closely ranked in Utah (Brighton is ranked 27th, while East is ranked 18th).
Brighton scored the most goals they've had all season on Tuesday, but it wasn't enough. They fell just short of Alta by a score of 8-7. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (four), Brighton still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, East's game on Tuesday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They skirted past West 3-2. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Charlie Spencer was handed one for East, while West got theirs courtesy of Eric De la paz.
East was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Owen Nance and
Manuel Enriquez, who scored all three of East's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 12 so far this season.
Brighton's loss dropped their record down to 5-2. As for East, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Brighton took their win against East in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Does Brighton have another victory up their sleeve, or will East turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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