Soccer Game Preview: Mountain Ridge vs. Valley Vista

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01/12/24 - Away	6-0 W
01/13/23 - Home	6-0 W
12/09/21 - Away	8-0 W
02/11/21 - Home	2-0 W
12/17/19 - Away	4-0 W
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Mountain Ridge has gone 9-0 against Valley Vista recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions will take on the Valley Vista Monsoon at 6:00 p.m. One thing working in Mountain Ridge's favor is that they have posted at least four goals every time they've taken the pitch this season.

Mountain Ridge's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed back in December of 2024. Everything went their way against Williams Field as Mountain Ridge made off with a 7-0 win. The Mountain Lions' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last five contests.

Their offense was hitting Williams Field from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Aryanna Peregrino led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.

Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Valley Vista's offense. They lost 9-0 to Boulder Creek on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Monsoon can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Jaguars are ranked first).

Valley Vista has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-6-2 record this season. As for Mountain Ridge, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.

Everything went Mountain Ridge's way against Valley Vista in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, as Mountain Ridge made off with a 6-0 win. Does Mountain Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Valley Vista turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.