The Valley Christian Defenders will head out to challenge the Maranatha Minutemen at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Valley Christian's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for six straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Valley Christian is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Pacifica on Monday. Valley Christian lost 3-0 to Pacifica. While losing is never fun, the Defenders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 804th, while the Mariners are ranked 314th).
Meanwhile, Maranatha didn't have quite enough to beat Riverside Prep on Saturday and fell 2-1. The Minutemen have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Their goal came courtesy of Luca Youssefian, which was the first he's scored this season.
Valley Christian's loss dropped their record down to 3-8-2. As for Maranatha, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-9-1.
Valley Christian came up short against Maranatha in their previous meeting back in January, falling 4-2. Can Valley Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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