Five minutes can be a lifetime

Despite a marked improvement, Angel City dropped its second loss of the season to last year's division winners Burbank Red Machine 2-0.

The return of Kirby Adams to the sweeper position and Peter Marlenga minding the posts saw the squad on much more even terms in Div A. Hard tackles and strong defence off the back line and in the midfield kept the game at 0-0 until the closing stages of the first half, when the Red machine capitalized on a chip across the box. Marlenga had turned away numerous chances prior to the goal, including saving a PK. Less than five minutes later Burbank struck again with a shot from a defender outside the box, after Angel City failed to close him down.

The second half saw chances for both sides but no additional goals. Angel City did finally saw some of it old form back. But the squad will need to up its goal production during next week's match against Glendale United to pull out a win. The game kicks off at 7:10 PM at John Ferraro #5.