Soccer Preview: Santa Fe vs. Keystone Heights
Santa Fe is 8-1-1 against Keystone Heights since January of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The Santa Fe Raiders will host the Keystone Heights Indians at 7:00 p.m. Santa Fe is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
Santa Fe saw some tournament action on Friday. They beat Columbia by a goal, winning 2-1. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 36th, while the Tigers are ranked 149th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Wayne Boone and
Jose Bustamante scored both of Santa Fe's goals, bringing their combined season tally to seven goals.
Meanwhile, Keystone Heights waltzed into their game last Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They never let the Tigers onto the board and left with an 8-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won three matches by four goals or more so far this season.
Keystone Heights pushed their record up to 5-1-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those four matchups. As for Santa Fe, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-1.
Everything went Santa Fe's way against Keystone Heights in their previous matchup back in January of 2021, as Santa Fe made off with a 10-2 victory. In that contest, Santa Fe amassed a halftime lead of 5-2, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Monday.
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