El Dorado is 1-8 against Del Valle since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The El Dorado Aztecs will face off against the Del Valle Conquistadores at 10:30 a.m. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Del Valle will be up against a hot El Dorado squad: the team just extended their winning streak to five. El Dorado's defense stepped up to hand Hanks a 4-0 shutout on Wednesday. Given the Aztecs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Knights are ranked 448th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Del Valle's and Hanks' matchup on Saturday was close at halftime, but Del Valle turned on the heat in the second half with five goals. Del Valle put the hurt on Hanks with a sharp 6-0 win. Considering the Conquistadores have won five games by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Hanks with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Gael Perez (2), Julio Holguin (2), Hiram Chavez, and Michael Prospero.
El Dorado pushed their record up to 9-3 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those six contests. As for Del Valle, the win got them back to even at 7-7.
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