Soccer Game Preview: Sunrise Mountain vs. Desert Edge

The Sunrise Mountain Mustangs will face off against the Desert Edge Scorpions at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.

Sunrise Mountain is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They never let Canyon View onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Mustangs were the better team in the second half.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Desert Edge, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Independence 1-0. The Scorpions haven't had any issues with the Patriots recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive win against them.

Desert Edge's one-goal win came courtesy of Angelica Mayo-Gerardo, who's now up to 14 this season.

Sunrise Mountain has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 38 goals over those ten matches. As for Desert Edge, they pushed their record up to 17-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.