Soccer Preview: Hatch Valley vs. Ruidoso
Hatch Valley has gone 9-0-1 against Ruidoso recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Hatch Valley Bears are taking a road trip to challenge the Ruidoso Warriors at 12:00 p.m. Hatch Valley is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Hatch Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They blew past Hot Springs 11-1 on Tuesday. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 5-0.
Hatch Valley's offense was hitting Hot Springs from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Samuel Gomez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, after soaring to seven goals the game before, Ruidoso was a bit more limited in their game on Tuesday. They fell just short of Socorro by a score of 2-1.
Hatch Valley is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-10 record this season. As for Ruidoso, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost ten of their last 11 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-12 record this season.
Hatch Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Ruidoso in their previous meeting back in September, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hatch Valley since the team 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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