Soccer Preview: Rio Grande vs. West Mesa
Rio Grande has been on the road for two straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will host the West Mesa Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. Rio Grande is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.1 goals per game this season.
Rio Grande's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They put the hurt on Los Lunas with a sharp 10-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Ravens, who have now won eight matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Los Lunas from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Leonel Bencomo Zarate led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, West Mesa fell victim to Atrisco Heritage Academy and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They lost 3-0 to the Jaguars. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico soccer rankings (they are ranked 34th, while the Jaguars are ranked fifth).
Rio Grande has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season. As for West Mesa, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-8.
Rio Grande took their victory against West Mesa in their previous matchup two weeks ago by a conclusive 5-0. Does Rio Grande have another victory up their sleeve, or will West Mesa turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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