Soccer Preview: La Cueva vs. Manzano
La Cueva is 8-0 against Manzano since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The La Cueva Bears will host the Manzano Monarchs at 11:00 a.m. La Cueva is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.
La Cueva is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Santa Fe, who was ranked 18th in their home state at the time (La Cueva was ranked first). La Cueva blew past Santa Fe 4-1 on Wednesday. The Bears might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by three goals or more this season.
They hit Santa Fe with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Logan Davis,
Winston Starr,
David Kay, and
Connor Hanks.
Meanwhile, Manzano was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss. They took a 4-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Sandia.
La Cueva has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-1-3 record this season. As for Manzano, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-14-1.
Everything went La Cueva's way against Manzano when the teams last played two weeks ago, as La Cueva made off with a 7-0 victory. Does La Cueva have another victory up their sleeve, or will Manzano turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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