Arcadia is 0-9 against Chaparral since December of 2015 but things could change on Friday. The Titans are taking a road trip to challenge the Firebirds at 6:00 p.m.
Arcadia is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to nine goals on Friday, they were much more limited against Cactus Shadows on Wednesday. They lost 4-0 to the Falcons. While losing is never fun, Arcadia can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked 86th, while Cactus Shadows are ranked 31st).
Meanwhile, Chaparral had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Wednesday. They came within a single goal of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Knights. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but Chaparral were the better team in the second half.
Dylan Hinske and Lauren O'Shaughnessy scored both of Chaparral's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 21 goals.
Chaparral's victory bumped their record up to 13-2-3. As for Arcadia, their loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 4-7.
Arcadia suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Chaparral in their previous meeting back in January of 2025. Can the Titans avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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