The Americas Trail Blazers came tearing into Friday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on Franklin with a sharp 4-1 win. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but Americas was the better team in the second half.
They hit Franklin with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Zoe Corona (2),
Melissa Melgar, and
Valeria Sanchez.
Americas' victory bumped their record up to 11-4-2. As for Franklin, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7-2.
Americas will head out on the road to square off against Eastlake at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Eastlake is on a five-game streak of home wins, Americas a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the pitch. Franklin will take on Socorro at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Socorro'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.
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