The Valhalla Norsemen will challenge the Santana Sultans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Valhalla is coming into the matchup on a five-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Valhalla came up short against Monte Vista and fell 5-3. While losing is never fun, the Norsemen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 880th, while the Monarchs are ranked 273rd).
Meanwhile, Santana sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Helix on Wednesday.
Valhalla's defeat dropped their record down to 1-14-3. As for Santana, their victory bumped their record up to 6-8-3.
Valhalla might still be hurting after the 4-1 loss they got from Santana when the teams last played two weeks ago. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Valhalla was down 3-0.
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