After two games on the road, La Cueva is heading back home. They will welcome the Eldorado Golden Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
La Cueva's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 5-0 margin over Sandia. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico soccer rankings (they are ranked first, while the Matadors are ranked 26th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
La Cueva hit Sandia with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Winston Starr (2),
Logan Davis,
Brice Clark, and
Ryan Salazar.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Eldorado). Everything went their way against Manzano on Saturday as Eldorado made off with an 8-1 win. The Golden Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by three goals or more this season.
La Cueva has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-1-2 record this season. As for Eldorado, their victory bumped their record up to 10-4-2.
La Cueva beat Eldorado by a goal when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 3-2. Does La Cueva have another victory up their sleeve, or will Eldorado turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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