The Palm Desert Aztecs will face off against the Shadow Hills Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Monday.
Palm Desert is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Monday, they were much more limited against Rancho Mirage on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Rattlers by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Aztecs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 527th, while the Rattlers are ranked 203rd).
Meanwhile, Shadow Hills hasn't lost a match since December 5, 2024, a trend which continued in their latest game on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Xavier Prep a 7-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Knights, who have now won four matchups by four goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Xavier Prep from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Isaiah Tello led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Shadow Hills is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 34 goals over those seven contests. As for Palm Desert, their defeat was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-7-3.
Everything went Palm Desert's way against Shadow Hills in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, as Palm Desert made off with a 6-1 win. Will Palm Desert repeat their success, or does Shadow Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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