Soccer Recap: Rio Americano Comes Up Short

The matchup between Rio Americano and Inderkum on Thursday hardly resembled the 1-1 effort from their previous meeting. The Rio Americano Raiders came up short against the Inderkum Tigers, falling 6-3. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 81st, while the Tigers are ranked 16th).

Rio Americano hit Inderkum with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Avery Popejoy, Allison Manlapig, and Larissa Aguilar.

Rio Americano's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 6-4-2. As for Inderkum, their win bumped their record up to 15-1-2.

Rio Americano will look to defend their home pitch on Monday against Christian Brothers at 3:00 p.m. Rio Americano is facing Christian Brothers at the right time seeing as Christian Brothers is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Inderkum, they will face off against Ponderosa at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Inderkum's defense has only allowed 0.5 goals per game this season, so Ponderosa's offense will have their work cut out for them.