Soccer Preview: Santa Fe vs. Manzano
Santa Fe has been on the road for three straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will host the Manzano Monarchs at 5:00 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Santa Fe's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They skirted past Capital 1-0. The Demons' winning goal came courtesy of Cy Anderson.
Meanwhile, Manzano was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They lost 8-1 to Eldorado. While losing is never fun, the Monarchs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico soccer rankings (they are ranked 61st, while the Golden Eagles are ranked eighth).
Santa Fe has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5-1 record this season. As for Manzano, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-12-1.
Everything went Santa Fe's way against Manzano in their previous matchup two weeks ago, as Santa Fe made off with a 10-0 victory. Will Santa Fe repeat their success, or does Manzano have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
