Preview: Valley vs. Rio Linda
The Valley Vikings will face off against the Rio Linda Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Valley sitting on three straight wins and Rio Linda on eight.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Valley had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They never let the Lancers onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. Given Valley's advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 111th, while East Union is ranked 324th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Valley's one-goal win came courtesy of
Jose Aguirre, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, Rio Linda stacked a 15th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They blew past Pioneer 3-0.
Valley is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-4-4 record this season. As for Rio Linda, their victory bumped their record up to 20-4-2.
Valley was able to grind out a solid victory over Rio Linda in their previous matchup back in January of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Valley repeat their success, or does Rio Linda have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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