The Murrieta Valley Nighthawks and the La Quinta Blackhawks will compete for holiday cheer at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Murrieta Valley's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Murrieta Valley is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against King on Monday. Murrieta Valley fell just short of King by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Nighthawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 703rd, while Wolves are ranked 345th).
Meanwhile, for the first time this season, La Quinta was forced to settle for a draw. They and Brawley finished up their game with a 2-2 draw on Thursday.
Murrieta Valley's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. With that draw, La Quinta's record moves to 3-1-1.
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