The Shadow Hills Knights will face off against the Rancho Mirage Rattlers at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Shadow Hills sitting on three straight victories and Rancho Mirage on six.
On Monday, it was close, but Shadow Hills sidestepped Palm Desert for a 5-4 win. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 254th, while the Aztecs are ranked 539th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Rancho Mirage kept a clean sheet against La Quinta on Monday. They won by a goal and slipped past the Blackhawks 1-0. That's two games straight that the Rattlers have won by just one goal.
Rancho Mirage is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 30 goals over those nine games. As for Shadow Hills, they pushed their record up to 9-2-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Shadow Hills beat Rancho Mirage by a goal in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, winning 3-2. Will Shadow Hills repeat their success, or does Rancho Mirage have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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