Shadow Ridge is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Cesar Chavez is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Shadow Ridge Stallions will host the Cesar Chavez Champions at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Shadow Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Liberty, who was ranked fifth at the time (Shadow Ridge was ranked 14th). Shadow Ridge won by a goal and slipped past Liberty 2-1.
Jacob Engwall and Nathan Johansen scored both of Shadow Ridge's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
Meanwhile, Cesar Chavez hadn't done well against Browne recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Cesar Chavez walked away with a 3-1 victory over Browne. Three seems to be a good number for the Champions as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Cesar Chavez is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. As for Shadow Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 10-5-2.
Shadow Ridge came out on top in a nail-biter against Cesar Chavez in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. Does Shadow Ridge have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cesar Chavez turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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