The Woodcreek Timberwolves will challenge the Rio Americano Raiders at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Woodcreek is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.6 goals per game this season.
Woodcreek's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Ponderosa 6-0. Given the Timberwolves' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Bruins are ranked 309th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Woodcreek's offense was hitting Ponderosa from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Meanwhile, Rio Americano hasn't lost a match since December 19, 2024, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They won by a goal and slipped past Vista del Lago 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Raiders were the better team in the second half.
Rio Americano has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-2-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those four contests. As for Woodcreek, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-1.
Everything went Woodcreek's way against Rio Americano in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, as Woodcreek made off with a 4-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Woodcreek since the squad 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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