Soccer Game Preview: Santa Fe vs. Manzano

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Previous Games

10/16/24 - Away	5-0 W
09/28/24 - Home	3-1 W
10/21/23 - Away	4-0 W
10/04/23 - Home	9-0 W
10/15/22 - Home	10-0 W
+ 5 more games

Santa Fe has gone 9-1 against Manzano recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Demons will venture away from home to square off against the Monarchs at 9:00 a.m. Santa Fe is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4 goals per game this season.

Santa Fe will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Monday, then bounced right back against Capital on Wednesday. The Demons blew past the Jaguars 10-0. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Santa Fe's offense, which had struggled in the games prior.

Their offense was hitting Capital from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal. Alisha Wald led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.

Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Manzano's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They lost 11-1 to Eldorado. Having soared to a lofty 13 goals in the game before, Manzano couldn't push the score so high this time.

Santa Fe's victory bumped their record up to 6-4. As for Manzano, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5-1.

Everything went Santa Fe's way against Manzano in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, as Santa Fe made off with a 5-0 win. Will the Demons repeat their success, or do the Monarchs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.