Eldorado and Rancho are an even 4-4-2 against one another since September of 2017, but likely not for long. The Eldorado Firehawks will face off against the Rancho Rams at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eldorado has three straight victories, Rancho has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Eldorado is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Sierra Vista, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Eldorado was ranked 25th). Eldorado's defense stepped up to hand Sierra Vista a 2-0 shutout on Thursday. Give the Firehawks' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Rancho fell victim to Foothill and their airtight defense on Thursday. They came up short against the Falcons, falling 12-0. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nevada soccer rankings (they are ranked 60th, while the Falcons are ranked fifth).
Eldorado's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Rancho, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything went Eldorado's way against Rancho in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as Eldorado made off with a 6-2 victory. Does Eldorado have another victory up their sleeve, or will Rancho turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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