Soccer Game Preview: Pleasant Grove vs. Del Oro

It'll be a Battle of the Birds when the Pleasant Grove challenge the Del Oro at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.

Pleasant Grove is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand St. Francis a 1-0 shutout. The win was familiar territory for the Eagles, who have now won six matchups in a row.

Their one-goal win came courtesy of Adalynn Alley, who's now up to 13 this season.

Meanwhile, Del Oro hadn't done well against Oak Ridge recently (they were 0-3 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Del Oro won by a goal and slipped past Oak Ridge 1-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Golden Eagles.

Pleasant Grove pushed their record up to 14-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for Del Oro, their win bumped their record up to 11-2.

Pleasant Grove came up short against Del Oro in their previous matchup back in December of 2021, falling 2-0. Can Pleasant Grove avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.