The Chaparral Lobos will head out to challenge the Santa Teresa Desert Warriors at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Chaparral is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 7-3 margin over Deming on Monday. That's two games straight that the Lobos have won by exactly four goals.
Their offense was hitting Deming from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Andi Cruz led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Santa Teresa had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Fighting Colts a 1-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Desert Warriors were the better team in the second half.
Chaparral has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. As for Santa Teresa, their win bumped their record up to 10-4.
Chaparral beat Santa Teresa 2-0 in their previous meeting back in August. Will Chaparral repeat their success, or does Santa Teresa have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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