The South Pasadena Tigers will take on the California Condors in a holiday battle at at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. South Pasadena's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
South Pasadena's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They skirted past Dana Hills 1-0. The Tigers' winning goal came courtesy of Rose Vandevelde.
Meanwhile, it was a Battle of the Birds when California challenged Palmdale on Saturday. Everything went California's way against Palmdale as California made off with a 4-1 win. Given the Condors' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 225th, while the Falcons are ranked 539th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The victory was the third in a row for California, bringing their record for this year to 4-2. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored ten goals over those three contests. As for South Pasadena, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
South Pasadena came up short against California when the teams last played back in December of 2019, falling 2-0. Can South Pasadena avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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