The Silver Creek Raiders will square off against the Santa Teresa Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Silver Creek is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season.
Last Friday, Silver Creek beat Live Oak 3-1. Saaz Khatter had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Raiders got from the refs.
Silver Creek hit Live Oak with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Arturo Duran Valverde, Roy Bonola Acuna, and Matthew Orozco Alcaraz.
Meanwhile, Santa Teresa waltzed into their game on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top against the Bulldogs by a score of 3-1. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Saints were the better team in the second half.
Santa Teresa used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Ann Sobrato. Nicolas Vergara played for 67 minutes having averaged 40.8 this season and Erik RodriguezRuelas got 72 vs. an average of 43.5. Vergara made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Santa Teresa is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 22 goals over those eight matches. As for Silver Creek, their win bumped their record up to 8-5-3.
Silver Creek took their victory against Santa Teresa in their previous matchup back in January by a conclusive 6-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Silver Creek since the squad 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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