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New Mexico United’s Michael Azira, far right, celebrates with teammates after scoring against Colorado Springs. (Roberto E. Rosales/Journal)
There may be something of a flashback in progress when New Mexico United hosts the Charleston Battery on Monday night.
Not only do Charleston and New Mexico sport the same primary uniform colors, black and yellow, but a significant number of United players and coaches have history with both USL Championship franchises.
NMU head coach Troy Lesesne both played and served as an assistant for the Battery. United assistant Zach Prince, midfielder Micheal Azira and goalkeeper Alex Tambakis all played for Charleston, the former two winning a league title there in 2012.
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New Mexico United coach Troy Lesesne says his team cannot be satisfied with a draw, even on the road, Wednesday at Real Monarchs SLC. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal File)
New Mexico United’s summer Deja Vu Tour continues Wednesday night in Herriman, Utah.
The team’s performance against Real Monarchs SLC will be the second of three straight road shows in venues United has already played this season. NMU made an encore visit to Colorado Springs on Friday and has a return engagement in El Paso scheduled for Saturday.
It’s a challenging stretch of three matches in eight days for New Mexico, which dropped the opener of the trip, 3-1, in Colorado Springs. United would likely be content to repeat its most recent performance in Utah – a 1-0 victory on June 4 – but coach Troy Lesesne expects a different show Wednesday night.
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New Mexico United came away from Saturday night’s season opener at Rio Grande Valley FC without any goals or points after a 1-0 loss to the host Toros in Edinburg, Texas.
Elvis Amoh’s goal in the 65th minute, which deflected off the foot of United defender Kalen Ryden and bounded over the head of goalkeeper Alex Tambakis, was the difference for RGVFC, which was the aggressor for most of the second half.
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New Mexico finished with an edge in possession (54%), but its patient offense was unable to generate many quality scoring chances. The Toros outshot NMU 12-10 and put four shots on frame to just two for the visitors.
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