Soccer Game Preview: Shadow Hills vs. Palm Desert

The Shadow Hills Knights will take on the Palm Desert Aztecs at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.

Shadow Hills is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Xavier Prep on Wednesday. Shadow Hills fell just short of Xavier Prep by a score of 1-0.

Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Palm Desert ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Rancho Mirage a 1-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Aztecs were the better team in the second half.

Palm Desert's win bumped their record up to 2-4-2. As for Shadow Hills, their loss dropped their record down to 5-3-1.