Soccer Preview: West Mesa vs. Rio Grande
The West Mesa Mustangs will head out on the road to take on the Rio Grande Ravens at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
West Mesa's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Atrisco Heritage Academy 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).
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last match, Rio Grande made sure to put some goals up on the board against Los Lunas on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Tigers a 10-0 shutout. It was an even better day for Leonel Bencomo Zarate as he scored four goals for his team.
West Mesa's defeat dropped their record down to 8-8. As for Rio Grande, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season.
West Mesa might still be hurting after the 5-0 loss they got from Rio Grande in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Can West Mesa avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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