The Corona del Sol Aztecs will head out on the road to face off against the Gilbert Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Corona del Sol is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They lost 7-3 to Sunnyside on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Aztecs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Blue Devils are ranked sixth).
Elijah Rawson and Brody Rice scored all three of Corona del Sol's goals, bringing their combined season tally to five goals.
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, Gilbert was a bit more limited in their game on Wednesday. They fell just short of Mountain Ridge by a score of 1-0. The contest was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Tigers couldn't quite close it out.
This is the second loss in a row for Corona del Sol and nudges their season record down to 1-3-1. As for Gilbert, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2-1.
Corona del Sol skirted past Gilbert 2-1 in their previous meeting back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Corona del Sol since the squad 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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