Soccer Game Preview: Santa Rosa vs. Elsie Allen

The Santa Rosa Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Elsie Allen Lobos at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Santa Rosa is headed into Wednesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Friday. They came up short against Piner, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 931st, while the Prospectors are ranked 351st).

Meanwhile, Elsie Allen has been on a difficult stretch since their win on January 8. They lost 4-1 to Analy on Friday.

Elsie Allen's loss dropped their record down to 4-7-5. As for Santa Rosa, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-9-1.

Santa Rosa was able to grind out a solid victory over Elsie Allen in their previous matchup back in January, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Santa Rosa since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.