Soccer Game Preview: Rancho vs. Eldorado

The Rancho Rams will head out to take on the Eldorado Firehawks at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Eldorado is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.7 goals per game this season.

If Eldorado heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Rancho took over last week. The Rams snuck past Sunrise Mountain with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Eldorado came tearing into Wednesday's game with nine straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.7 goals), and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Cowboys a 7-0 shutout. Give Eldorado's defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.

Eldorado has now won six of their last seven games on the road. That's given a solid lift to their 11-4 record this season. The road wins came by way of their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 33 goals over those seven matches. As for Rancho, they have now won three of their last four games at home. That's provided a nice bump to their 5-8-2 record this season.