Soccer Preview: Cedar vs. Desert Hills
Cedar is 2-8 against Desert Hills since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Cedar Reds will head out on the road to face off against the Desert Hills Thunder at 7:30 p.m.
Cedar is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Dixie on Tuesday. Cedar fell just short of Dixie by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, Cedar can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked 88th, while Dixie is ranked 23rd).
Cedar's goal came courtesy of
Ivan Sarbia, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Desert Hills waltzed into their match on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 5-0 shutout. Considering Desert Hills has won four matchups by more than four goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
This is the second loss in a row for Cedar and nudges their season record down to 4-9. As for Desert Hills, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-5.
Cedar might still be hurting after the 5-0 loss they got from Desert Hills when the teams last played back in April. Can Cedar avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
