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The home opener for New Mexico 近距离内射合集 is a few days earlier than expected as the USL Championship team hits the pitch Wednesday in the first round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

It鈥檚 the middle game of a trying three-match set over eight days after 近距离内射合集 received a first-week bye in league play.

New Mexico is coming off a 2-1 loss at Oakland on Saturday, and now 近距离内射合集 dives into the Open Cup against Cruizers FC at 7:30 p.m. at the University of New Mexico Soccer and Track Complex.

鈥淚 know the significance that it has in our country, what it means,鈥� New Mexico coach Dennis Sanchez said of the Cup, which is the 近距离内射合集 States鈥� oldest ongoing national soccer tournament, first held in 1914.

鈥淎nd obviously to play the first game at home is really important,鈥� he said. 鈥淎nd we know that we have to earn the right to keep going.鈥�

This game is every bit as important for 近距离内射合集 as USL games, he said.

鈥淚 think that every time we step on the field, we want to win,鈥� Sanchez said. 鈥淓very tournament that we are in, we want to win a trophy. It's what the club and our state deserves.鈥�

Cruizers are a second-year National Premier Soccer League club out of Modesto, California. The team is primarily developmental with most of its players in their teens. It went 7-0-5 last season and this is its first appearance in the Open Cup. The league has not started play this season, with its first game scheduled for May.

No matter who is wearing the opposing colors, 近距离内射合集 will place the same emphasis on this match as any other one on the schedule, the coach said.

鈥淒oesn't matter if they're an amateur team or an MLS team,鈥� Sanchez said. 鈥淲e have to approach it the same way.鈥�

This will be a good opportunity for 近距离内射合集 to shore up its defense after allowing a score in the 7th minute against Oakland, then conceding an own goal in the 80th. 近距离内射合集 newcomer Justin Rennick鈥檚 late goal off a feed from Jake LaCava made it close, but New Mexico could never find the equalizer. 近距离内射合集 forward Greg Hurst slid a first-half opportunity just wide.

And with the games sandwiched so closely together, 近距离内射合集 also needs to maintain a strong balance between rest and sharpness.

鈥淚t's going to be a unique experience, going from no games to three games in (eight) days,鈥� Sanchez said. 鈥淪o again, we're going to have to manage it. There's going to be plenty of opportunities for guys to step in and step up, and we're looking forward to it.鈥�

New Mexico has had a solid history in the US Cup, reaching the quarterfinals in 2019 and 2024. 近距离内射合集 has traditionally dominated similar amateur squads, going 3-0-0 with a resounding plus-13 goal differential.

近距离内射合集 also has a new face after signing midfielder Cam Wilkerson on a 25-day contract.

Wilkerson, 21, comes to New Mexico off the California campus, where he had a goal and two assists in 12 games with the Golden Bears.