Twentynine Palms hasn't had much luck against Indio recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Twentynine Palms Wildcats will venture away from home to challenge the Indio Rajahs at 5:30 p.m.
Twentynine Palms is headed into Thursday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their eighth straight game on Tuesday. They came up short against Coachella Valley, falling 10-0. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1094th, while the Mighty Arabs are ranked 273rd).
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last game, Indio made sure to put some goals up on the board against Yucca Valley on Tuesday. They never let the Trojans onto the board and left with a 4-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Rajahs, who have now won six contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Indio has also been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-9-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 52 goals over those 12 games. As for Twentynine Palms, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10-1.
Twentynine Palms suffered a grim 13-0 defeat to Indio in their previous meeting last Tuesday. Can Twentynine Palms avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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