Soccer Game Preview: Alamosa vs. Montezuma-Cortez

The Alamosa Mean Moose will challenge the Montezuma-Cortez Panthers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Alamosa's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.

Alamosa is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Taos on Thursday. The Mean Moose fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, Alamosa can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 205th in Colorado, while Taos are ranked 17th in New Mexico).

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Montezuma-Cortez). They put the hurt on Caprock Academy with a sharp 5-1 victory on Saturday. The score was close at halftime, but Montezuma-Cortez pulled away in the second half with four goals.

They hit Caprock Academy with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Brandon Zamora (2), Abraham Keel, Preston Tanner, and Degan Lake.

Alamosa's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Montezuma-Cortez, the win was their first on the road , bumping their record up to 2-4-2.

Alamosa came out on top in a nail-biter against Montezuma-Cortez in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. Do the Mean Moose have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Panthers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.