The Palm Desert Aztecs are taking a road trip to take on the La Quinta Blackhawks at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Palm Desert knows how to get goals on the board -- the team has finished with four goals or more in their past three games -- so hopefully La Quinta likes a good challenge.
Palm Desert is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They put the hurt on Xavier Prep with a sharp 9-1 victory on Wednesday. Given the Aztecs' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 519th, while the Saints are ranked 1161st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after soaring to eight goals the game before, La Quinta was a bit more limited in their contest on Wednesday. They fell 3-1 to Shadow Hills.
The win got Palm Desert back to even at 8-8-3. As for La Quinta, their loss dropped their record down to 9-7-1.
Palm Desert was able to grind out a solid victory over La Quinta when the teams last played on January 6th, winning 4-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Palm Desert since the squad 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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