The San Ramon Valley Wolves will challenge the Monte Vista Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with San Ramon Valley sitting on six straight wins and Monte Vista on three.
San Ramon Valley's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Dublin, sneaking past 1-0. Wolves' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last five contests.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Monte Vista). Everything went their way against Livermore on Tuesday as Monte Vista made off with a 4-0 victory. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 170th, while the Cowboys are ranked 614th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
San Ramon Valley's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-1. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those five matches. As for Monte Vista, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3-3 record this season.
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