The Desert Oasis Diamondbacks will take on the Somerset Sky Pointe Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Desert Oasis has seven straight wins, Somerset Sky Pointe has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Desert Oasis' defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They won by a goal and slipped past Centennial 1-0. Given the Diamondbacks' advantage in MaxPreps' Nevada soccer rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Bulldogs are ranked 34th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Somerset Sky Pointe lost 7-2 to Faith Lutheran on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that the Eagles have lost by exactly five goals.
Desert Oasis' victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-0-1. As for Somerset Sky Pointe, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-14-1.
Desert Oasis was able to grind out a solid win over Somerset Sky Pointe in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Desert Oasis 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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