The Palo Verde Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Coronado Cougars at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Palo Verde sitting on three straight wins and Coronado on 12.
Palo Verde's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against Cimarron-Memorial as Palo Verde made off with a 6-0 victory. The Panthers' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matchups.
Their offense was hitting Cimarron-Memorial from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Adam Knecht led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Coronado faced Las Vegas in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Monday. Coronado blew past Las Vegas 4-1. Fans of the Cougars have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 3+ goal.
Palo Verde pushed their record up to 5-2-2 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Coronado, their victory bumped their record up to 12-0.
Palo Verde came up short against Coronado when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Palo Verde avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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