The Belen Eagles will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the West Mesa Mustangs at 4:30 p.m.
Belen is looking to tack another W on to their season record, something they couldn't quite do against Manzano on Saturday. Neither Belen nor Manzano could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 2-2 draw.
Caleb Villella and
Mario Gutierrez scored both of Belen's goals, bringing their combined season tally to eight goals.
Meanwhile, West Mesa managed to keep up with Eldorado until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. West Mesa lost 6-0 to Eldorado. 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 37th, while the Golden Eagles are ranked second).
Belen's draw makes their record 4-3-1 this season. As for West Mesa, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-5.
Belen suffered a grim 8-2 defeat to West Mesa when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Belen avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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