The Desert Mountain Wolves will challenge the Saguaro Sabercats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Saguaro better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Desert Mountain really get things going. Desert Mountain's defense stepped up to hand Arcadia a 3-0 shutout on Monday. Considering Wolves have won four matches by more than two goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Arcadia with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Sitotaw Sandoval, Hayden Sergi, and Jacob Stone.
Meanwhile, Saguaro had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Everything went their way against the Firebirds as they made off with a 5-1 win. Given the Sabercats' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked 21st, while the Firebirds are ranked 120th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Desert Mountain pushed their record up to 9-3-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 17 goals over those five contests. As for Saguaro, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3-1 record this season.
Desert Mountain took their win against Saguaro in their previous meeting back in January of 2024 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Desert Mountain since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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