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The Desert Edge (Goodyear, AZ) varsity soccer team won Thursday's neutral tournament match against La Joya Community (Avondale, AZ) by a score of 2-1.

	1	2	Final
La Joya Community	-	-	1
Desert Edge	-	-	2

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Desert Edge (24-25)

La Joya Community

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts	Stls
	Team Totals	1	1	3	59
2	Dylan Acosta (So)				5
3	X. Villatoro (Sr)				3
4	Nathan Soto (Jr)				9
5	Adrian Tapia (So)				5
7	Diego Godoy (Jr)		1	1	3
9	C. Arenas (Sr)				1
10	Michael Essien (Sr)	1		2	5
11	Tonam Gallardo (Sr)				1
12	Jared Martinez (Fr)				2
13	Juan Fierro (Sr)				2
15	Daylan Chavez (Sr)				5
16	C. Gonzalez (Jr)				10
21	F. Duarte (So)				1
22	Daniel Vazquez (Sr)				7

Desert Edge

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	2	2	6
4	N. Covarrubias (Sr)	1		2
10	C. Loyola Rico (Sr)		1	1
11	Kamil Bednarz (Sr)		1	1
14	D. DeBenedetto (Sr)	1		2

La Joya Community

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %
	Team Totals	1	3	2	.7
2	Dylan Acosta (So)		1		.0
5	Adrian Tapia (So)			2
7	Diego Godoy (Jr)		2		.0
10	Michael Essien (Sr)	1

Desert Edge

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG
	Team Totals	2	1	4
4	N. Covarrubias (Sr)	1		1
10	C. Loyola Rico (Sr)			1
14	D. DeBenedetto (Sr)	1	1	2

La Joya Community

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals					7
	Anthony Estrada (So)					5
	C. Verdin (Sr)					2

Desert Edge

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals				1	3
00	Max Alonso (Sr)				1	3

La Joya Community

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals					2
	Anthony Estrada (So)					1
	C. Verdin (Sr)					1

Desert Edge has not entered any goaltending stats.

Match Story

Arizona High School Soccer - Desert Edge nudges La Joya Community

January 2, 2025: Goodyear, AZ 85338

Fans at Thursday's non-league battle between the Desert Edge Scorpions (Goodyear, AZ) and the visiting La Joya Community Fighting Lobos (Avondale, AZ), saw Desert Edge's soccer squad nudge La Joya Community by a margin of 2-1.

The Scorpions now hold a 6-3 record. They play next when they host Mingus for a non-league challenge on Thursday, January 2. Desert Edge will encounter a Marauders squad coming off a 5-2 non-league loss to Agua Fria (Avondale, AZ). The Marauders record now stands at 1-4.

With the loss, La Joya Community moves to 2-5 on the year. The Fighting lobos host Mingus (Cottonwood, AZ) to encounter the Marauders in a non-league challenge on Friday, January 3. The Marauders go into the challenge with a record of 1-4. Mingus lost 5-2 in their recent non-league challenge against Agua Fria (Avondale, AZ)

Players of the Match

La Joya Community (24-25)

Congratulations to #10 Michael Essien for being selected the La Joya Community Soccer Player of the Match.

Desert Edge (24-25)

Desert Edge has not selected any Players of the Match.

LJCHS vs Desert Edge Soccer Match Info

Thu., Jan. 2, 2025 @ 11:45a

The Desert Edge (Goodyear, AZ) varsity soccer team won Thursday's neutral tournament match against La Joya Community (Avondale, AZ) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

La Joya Community (24-25)

National	AZ	Div.
1,642	87	25

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	GF	GA
8-9-2	2-3	4-3-2	3-4	1-2	.474	.400	33	34

Desert Edge (24-25)

National	AZ	Div.
1,823	99	28

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	GF	GA
8-9-2	1-4-1	2-4	1-4-1	5-1-1	.474	.250	36	39

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	Final
La Joya Community	.7	.9	1.7
Desert Edge	.2	.6	1.9

Team Stat Comparison

La Joya Community		Desert Edge
33	Goals	36
22	Assists	25
181	Shots	119
1431	Steals	3
10.286	Goals Against Average	-

Team Leaders

La Joya Community		Desert Edge	National Avg.
#7 Diego Godoy7	Goals	#14 Dominic DeBenedetto13	4
#10 Michael Essien7	Assists	#14 Dominic DeBenedetto7	3
#7 Diego Godoy46	Shots	#14 Dominic DeBenedetto20	11
#16 Christopher Gonzalez213	Steals	#13 Kole Rogers3	30
Christian Verdin4.571	Goals Against Average	-	1.563

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
La Joya Community	3-1-1		Desert Edge	2-2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/12/24	Paradise Valley	La Joya Community	(W) 4-1	1/29/25	Desert Edge	Paradise Valley	(T) 0-0
1/3/25	Mingus	La Joya Community	(W) 5-0	1/2/25	Mingus	Desert Edge	(W) 5-1
1/16/25	Centennial	La Joya Community	(T) 2-2	12/18/24	Desert Edge	Centennial	(L) 4-1
1/23/25	La Joya Community	Verrado	(L) 3-0	1/21/25	Desert Edge	Verrado	(L) 1-0
2/4/25	Glendale	La Joya Community	(W) 2-1	12/10/24	Glendale	Desert Edge	(W) 4-1

Record Breakdown

La Joya Community (24-25)		Desert Edge (24-25)
8-9-2	Overall	8-9-2
2-3	League	1-4-1
2-3-2	Non-League	2-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-1-1	Common Opponent	2-2-1
4-3-2	Home	2-4
3-4	Away	1-4-1
1-2	Neutral	5-1-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
8-9-2	In-State	8-9-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0