The San Ramon Valley Wolves will square off against the Las Lomas Knights at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. San Ramon Valley will be strutting in after a victory while Las Lomas will be coming in after a defeat.
If Las Lomas heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when San Ramon Valley took over last week. San Ramon Valley had just enough and edged Pittsburg out 2-1 two weeks ago. Given Wolves' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 220th, while the Pirates are ranked 498th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Las Lomas was a bit more limited in their matchup last Saturday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Windsor. Martin Barbosa was hit with a yellow card, which may have had some impact on his (and the team's) ability to make aggressive plays.
Las Lomas' goal came courtesy of Sam Peysakhov, who's now up to four this season.
San Ramon Valley is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 13 goals over those five games. As for Las Lomas, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2-1.
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