Soccer Game Preview: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory vs. Valley Christian

The Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish are taking a road trip to square off against the Valley Christian Warriors at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory will head out to face Valley Christian after giving up their first home loss of the season on Wednesday. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory fell 3-1 to Saint Francis. While losing is never fun, the Fightin' Irish can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Lancers are ranked seventh).

Despite a strong season so far, Valley Christian has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They lost 3-0 to Archbishop Mitty on Wednesday.

Valley Christian's loss dropped their record down to 9-4-4. As for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, the defeat was their first at home , dropping their record down to 8-3-5.