The River City Raiders will venture away from home to challenge the Rodriguez Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. River City will be strutting in after a win while Rodriguez will be coming in after a defeat.
River City headed into their last match having not scored more than one goal for three straight, but Vanden let them put that streak behind them. River City's defense stepped up to hand Vanden a 4-0 shutout on Wednesday. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Raiders' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
They hit Vanden with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Jefferson Palma-Palacios, Dmytro Golovachov, Ryan Towell, and Nicolas Cabrera-Macias.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Rodriguez was not quite Vacaville's equal in the second half on Wednesday. They fell 3-1 to the Bulldogs. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 673rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 120th).
River City's victory bumped their record up to 4-7-3. As for Rodriguez, they have also traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-7-1 record this season.
River City took their win against Rodriguez when the teams last played on January 15th by a conclusive 4-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for River City since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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