Soccer Recap: Palo Verde Comes Up Short

Palo Verde and Tanque Verde combined for eight shots on goal on Friday, which explains the impressive five total goals scored. The Palo Verde Titans fell just short of the Tanque Verde Hawks by a score of 3-2. The Titans haven't had much luck with the Hawks recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.

Victor Gonzalez and Ibrahim Mahamat scored both of Palo Verde's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 24 goals.

Palo Verde's loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 10-4-3. As for Tanque Verde, their win was their first in the region, bumping their region record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 5-5-1.

Palo Verde has already played their next match, a 2-1 victory against Empire on the 21st. As for Tanque Verde, they also wasted no time getting back out on the pitch and have already played their next contest, a 9-0 win against Andrada Polytechnic on the 21st.