The Santa Teresa Desert Warriors will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Bloomfield Bobcats at 3:50 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Santa Teresa is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Gadsden, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Santa Teresa was ranked 23rd). Santa Teresa fell just short of Gadsden by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Bloomfield was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They came up short against Piedra Vista, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, the Bobcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico soccer rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Panthers are ranked fourth).
Santa Teresa's loss dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Bloomfield, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5.
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