The Paradise Valley Trojans will square off against the North Canyon Rattlers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Paradise Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.2 goals per game this season.
Paradise Valley's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Shadow Mountain 8-0. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Matadors are ranked 162nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Paradise Valley's offense was hitting Shadow Mountain from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Mia Vargas led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, North Canyon was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They came up short against Canyon View, falling 13-0. That's two games in a row now that the Rattlers have lost by exactly 13 goals.
Paradise Valley pushed their record up to 6-1-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 14 goals over those three matches. As for North Canyon, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
Paradise Valley took their win against North Canyon when the teams last played back in January of 2024 by a conclusive 5-0. Does Paradise Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Canyon turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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