Sonoma Valley’s girls soccer team makes it work against Napa

The Lady Dragons finally put together a full 80 minutes of well-played soccer on Jan. 18 to tame the Napa’s Grizzlies.|

The Lady Dragons finally put together a full 80 minutes of well-played soccer on Friday, Jan. 18, to take down the Napa High Grizzly at Memorial Stadium in Napa.

“The victory ended a streak of frustrating ties and close wins against teams we should beat,” said Coach Mike Verdu.

The varsity girls scored four times in the first half, with two each from juniors Auguste Ande and Ella Sutter. “We controlled the ball the entire half and we knew that if we could break through and score a couple goals, our opponent would begin to shut down, and they did,” said Verdu.

In the second half, senior Dany Gonzalez drove home the fifth and final goal of the evening for the Dragons.

Verdu emphasized that the season has been “frustrating” so far, leading to three ties against teams that, he said, “we are superior than.”

Current league record is 3-1 with 2 draws; overall record is 3-3-3.

Because of the limitations in size and conditions of Arnold Field, almost all boys and girls “home” soccer matches are being played at Lucchesi Park in Petaluma this year. The exceptions are “senior night” matches at Arnold on Jan. 30 for the girls against Vintage, and Feb. 5 for the boys against Petaluma.

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