The Desert Edge Scorpions will head out to take on the North Canyon Rattlers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Desert Edge has five straight wins, North Canyon has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Desert Edge's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Tuesday. They skirted past Willow Canyon 1-0. The Scorpions wouldn't have won without Marlene Cruz, who scored the game-winner.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for North Canyon's offense. They lost 6-0 to Lake Havasu on Wednesday. The shutout was out of character for the Rattlers seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in December of 2024.
Desert Edge is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which somehow still isn't as good as their 9-1-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 34 goals over those seven games. As for North Canyon, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Desert Edge might still be hurting after the 6-0 loss they got from North Canyon in their previous meeting back in January of 2018. Can Desert Edge avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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