Soccer Preview: Eldorado vs. Capital
The Eldorado Golden Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Capital Jaguars at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Eldorado has eight straight victories, Capital has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Eldorado is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Sandia, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Eldorado was ranked third). Eldorado blew past Sandia 8-1 on Wednesday. Considering the Golden Eagles have won 11 matches by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Sandia from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Lily Adkins led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Capital's offense. They came up short against La Cueva on Monday, falling 10-0.
Eldorado's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-3-1. As for Capital, their loss dropped their record down to 4-12.
Everything went Eldorado's way against Capital when the teams last played two weeks ago, as Eldorado made off with a 10-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Eldorado since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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