Soccer Preview: Vallivue vs. Caldwell
Vallivue is 8-2 against Caldwell since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Vallivue Falcons will look to defend their home pitch against the Caldwell Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Vallivue will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each contest than the last.
Vallivue is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 10-1 margin over Nampa on Monday. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Idaho soccer rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 61st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lorelai Roberts, who's played more minutes than anyone else on the Vallivue squad sat out for Monday's matchup. With Roberts sidelined, Gladys Chaidez got her first action of the season. Chaidez made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and she might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, Caldwell didn't have quite enough to beat Skyview on Monday and fell 2-1. The Cougars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Their goal came courtesy of
Grace Sams, who's now up to two this season.
Vallivue is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Caldwell, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4-1.
Everything went Vallivue's way against Caldwell when the teams last played back in October of 2023 as Vallivue made off with a 4-1 victory. Will Vallivue repeat their success, or does Caldwell have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
