Soccer Game Preview: Sonoma Valley vs. American Canyon

Sonoma Valley is on a four-game streak of home losses, American Canyon a five-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Friday. The Sonoma Valley Dragons will host the American Canyon Wolves 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.

Wednesday just wasn't the day for Sonoma Valley's offense. They came up short against Vintage on Wednesday, 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).

Meanwhile, American Canyon can bid farewell to their four-game losing streak thanks to their game on Wednesday. They never let Napa onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. Wolves' winning goal came courtesy of Quang Tran.

Sonoma Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 3-10-5. As for American Canyon, their 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.