The Rancho Mirage Rattlers will square off against the Palm Desert Aztecs at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Palm Desert is hoping to do what Xavier Prep couldn't on Monday: put an end to Rancho Mirage's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Rancho Mirage's defense stepped up to hand Xavier Prep a 7-0 shutout. Given the Rattlers' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 199th, while the Saints are ranked 1090th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Palm Desert, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They rang in the new year with a 4-2 win over La Quinta on Monday. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Aztecs were the better team in the second half.
The victory got Palm Desert back to even at 6-6-3. As for Rancho Mirage, their win bumped their record up to 7-2-3.
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