The Palm Desert Aztecs will head out to square off against the Shadow Hills Knights at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Palm Desert fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Rancho Mirage on Monday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Rattlers by a score of 4-3. 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 509th, while the Rattlers are ranked 213th).
Meanwhile, Shadow Hills had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They blew past the Saints 5-0. Considering the Knights have won five games by more than three goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Shadow Hills has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 29 goals over those seven contests. As for Palm Desert, they now have a losing record at 8-9-4.
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