The Palm Springs Indians will head out on the road to square off against the Palm Desert Aztecs at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Palm Springs will be strutting in after a victory while Palm Desert will be coming in after a loss.
Palm Desert better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Palm Springs really get things going. Everything went Palm Springs' way against Xavier Prep on Wednesday as Palm Springs made off with a 3-0 win.
Meanwhile, Palm Desert managed to keep up with Shadow Hills until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Palm Desert came up short against Shadow Hills, falling 5-2. While losing is never fun, the Aztecs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 543rd, while the Knights are ranked 191st).
This is the second loss in a row for Palm Desert and nudges their season record down to 8-10-4. As for Palm Springs, their victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-11-4.
Palm Springs came up short against Palm Desert in their previous meeting on January 15th, falling 4-2. Can Palm Springs avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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