The Amador Valley Dons will take on the Berkeley Yellowjackets at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Amador Valley's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Amador Valley is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against California on Thursday. Amador Valley fell just short of California by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Dons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 565th, while the Grizzlies are ranked 96th).
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last contest, Berkeley made sure to put some goals up on the board against San Leandro on Thursday. They put the hurt on the Pirates with a sharp 5-1 win. Considering the Yellowjackets have won four games by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Amador Valley now has a losing record at 3-4-3. As for Berkeley, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3-1.
Amador Valley suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Berkeley in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. Can Amador Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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