The Palm Springs Indians will square off against the Palm Desert Aztecs at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses apiece.
Palm Springs is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Xavier Prep on Wednesday. Palm Springs fell just short of Xavier Prep by a score of 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Indians have lost by just one goal.
Their goal came courtesy of Nevaeh Alvarez, who's now up to four this season.
Meanwhile, Palm Desert fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Shadow Hills on Wednesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 2-1. 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 688th, while the Knights are ranked 293rd).
Palm Desert's defeat dropped their record down to 2-9-4. As for Palm Springs, they now have a losing record at 7-8-2.
Palm Springs skirted past Palm Desert 2-1 in their previous matchup on January 15th. Will Palm Springs repeat their success, or does Palm Desert have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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