The Del Valle Cardinals will venture away from home to challenge the Vista Ridge Rangers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Vista Ridge took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Del Valle, who comes in off a win.
Del Valle is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They blew past Akins 5-1 on Tuesday. The score was close at the half, but the Cardinals pulled away in the second half with three goals.
Meanwhile, Vista Ridge didn't have quite enough to beat Round Rock Westwood on Friday and fell 4-3. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Rangers came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Warriors are ranked 48th).
J Mossholder and Arthur Santos scored all three of Vista Ridge's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 41 goals.
Vista Ridge's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-2-2. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 28 goals over those five games. As for Del Valle, their win bumped their record up to 11-5-4.
Del Valle came up short against Vista Ridge when the teams last played back in March of 2024, falling 3-1. Can Del Valle avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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