The St. Genevieve Valiants will challenge the Paraclete Spirits on Tuesday.
St. Genevieve is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Wiseburn- Da Vinci just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Friday. They fell just short of Wolves by a score of 1-0. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Valiants came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 50th, while Wolves are ranked 243rd).
Meanwhile, Paraclete had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Pioneers a 4-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Spirits, who have now won six games by four goals or more so far this season.
Paraclete is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-1-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 45 goals over those seven matches. As for St. Genevieve, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-4.
St. Genevieve came out on top in a nail-biter against Paraclete in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. Does St. Genevieve have another victory up their sleeve, or will Paraclete turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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