Soccer Game Preview: Sterling vs. Valley

By Team Reports Oct 19, 2024, 12:55am

Soccer Preview: Sterling vs. Valley

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Sterling is 2-8 against Valley since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Sterling Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the Valley Vikings at 6:00 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.

Sterling is headed into Tuesday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to Liberty Common.

Sterling's goal came courtesy of Rylan Eastin, who's now up to three this season.

Meanwhile, Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 9-0 to Liberty Common. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 223rd, while the Eagles are ranked 96th).

Sterling's defeat dropped their record down to 5-8-1. As for Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 0-13-1.

Sterling suffered a grim 8-3 defeat to Valley in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Sterling avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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