The Salesian College Preparatory Pride will square off against the Pinole Valley Spartans at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Salesian College Preparatory'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.
Salesian College Preparatory is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Albany on Thursday. Salesian College Preparatory fell 2-0 to Albany. While losing is never fun, the Pride can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 646th, while the Cougars are ranked 268th).
Meanwhile, Pinole Valley has been on a difficult stretch since their win on December 17. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Richmond on Thursday. Johan Rico was hit with a yellow card, which may have had some impact on his (and the team's) ability to make aggressive plays.
Pinole Valley's goal came courtesy of Julian Hurtado, who's now up to three this season.
Pinole Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5-5. As for Salesian College Preparatory, their loss dropped their record down to 3-7-4.
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