The Valley Vikings will square off against the Fairfield Falcons at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Valley has four straight wins, Fairfield has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Valley's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Foothill with a sharp 6-0 victory. Considering the Vikings have won 11 games by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Foothill from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Brian Saldana led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Fairfield's offense. They came up short against Armijo on Thursday, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1138th, while the Royals are ranked 505th).
Valley's win was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 17-1-5. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those six contests. As for Fairfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-13-1.
Everything went Valley's way against Fairfield in their previous meeting back in December of 2024, as Valley made off with an 8-0 victory. Does Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fairfield turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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