Even with the major strides made by Shadow Ridge boys soccer in recent years, an undefeated 2023-24 regular season and top eight seed in 6A appeared to be a bridge too far.
While the Stallions’ girls soccer program racked up playoff appearances, the boys team was 1-10-1 and 3-10 in the two seasons before coach Andrew Engwall took over in 2018-19, and 1-13 and 2-14-1 in the first two years of the rebuild.
His 10-10-1 team in 2021-22 was the first .500 squad in program history, followed by the first winning team at 17-3-1 last year. Still 19-2 and a 12-0 regular season and No. 7 seed were heady ideas in southwest Surprise,’
