The La Quinta Blackhawks will take on the Palm Desert Aztecs at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
La Quinta is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to eight goals last Wednesday, they were much more limited against Shadow Hills on Wednesday. They fell 3-1 to the Knights. While losing is never fun, the Blackhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 477th, while the Knights are ranked 206th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Palm Desert). They put the hurt on Xavier Prep with a sharp 9-1 win on Wednesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
La Quinta's loss dropped their record down to 9-7-1. As for Palm Desert, the win got them back to even at 8-8-3.
La Quinta opened the new year with a less-than-successful 4-2 defeat to Palm Desert. Will La Quinta have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
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