Soccer Game Preview: American Canyon vs. Sonoma Valley

The American Canyon Wolves will take on the Sonoma Valley Dragons at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. American Canyon's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.

American Canyon took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They had just enough and edged Napa out 1-0. The win was some much needed relief for Wolves as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak.

Their one-goal win came courtesy of Quang Tran, who's now up to three this season.

Meanwhile, Sonoma Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They came up short against Vintage, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 765th, while the Crushers are ranked 164th).

Sonoma Valley was without their leading scorer, Griffin Brophy, in Wednesday's game. With Brophy sitting this one out, Ethan McLeod got some extra time on the pitch (60 vs. his season average of 34.4).

American Canyon's victory was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-6-1 and their overall record up to 4-10-3. As for Sonoma Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 3-10-5.