The Acalanes Dons will square off against the Clayton Valley Charter Ugly Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Acalanes sitting on five straight wins and Clayton Valley Charter on three.
Acalanes' defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Las Lomas by a score of 2-0. Given the Dons' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 71st, while the Knights are ranked 589th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Clayton Valley Charter was not the first on the board on Tuesday, but they got there more often. They had just enough and edged Campolindo out 3-2. That's two games straight that the Ugly Eagles have won by just one goal.
Acalanes' victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-0-1. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those three games. As for Clayton Valley Charter, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-1-1 record this season.
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