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PORTALES, N.M. - New Mexico's only NCAA men's soccer team is two days away from kicking off their 2022 campaign.

First-year head coach, Brandon Misuraca is leading the Greyhounds into a pair of matches in Oklahoma to begin the season.

Here is the Pitch Preview:

#ForTheState
Stephen Romero (Albuquerque), Alan Darnold (Alamogordo), Tyler Casias (Albuquerque), and Miguel Pedroza (Albuquerque) played high school soccer in NM.

Players To Watch
Liam Mirandon (Jr., Forward, Paris, France), Ludwig Scherer (So., Defender, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany), and Miguel Pedroza (Jr., Goalkeeper, Albuquerque, N.M.) are the Greyhounds representatives on the LSC men's soccer preseason players to watch list. Mirandon transferred to ENMU from Newberry College where he played in 22 games, started in 11, and scored three goals in two seasons. Scherer came to Portales via Oklahoma Panhandle State where he started 14 games and scored two goals while playing under Misuraca. Pedroza transferred to Eastern after playing two seasons at Trinidad State Junior College.

Preseason Poll
Eastern was picked to finish 10th in the Lone Star Conference preseason poll according to league coaches, sports information directors, and media representatives.The team finish in 7th in conference action in 2019.

All Over The World
Eight countries (Germany, France, Norway, Spain, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, and Zambia) and two states (New Mexico and Hawaii) are represented by the 2022 program. Here is a list of all of the players and where they call home.

Germany (9): Paul Waschkau (Düsseldorf), Ludwig Scherer (Garmisch-Partenkrichen), Brian Ruck (Menden), Tim Wilkening (Weinhiem), Felix Drizinsky (Essen), Loris Tsiatsipy (Berlin), Jo Martinetz (Cologne), Colin Ulrich (Meißen), Ben Sauerländer (Dortmund)
France (6): Mathieu Beuvain (Cannes), Kenny Leway (Paris), Liam Mirandon (Paris), Alexandre Meres (Le Bourget), Matteo Azambuja (Paris), Angel Andreu (Toulouse)
New Mexico (4): Stephen Romero (Albuquerque), Alan Darnold (Alamogordo), Tyler Casias (Albuquerque), Miguel Pedroza (Albuquerque)
Norway (2): Jesper Slystad (Mogreina), Sander Tønnessen (Søgne)
Spain (2): David Alonso (Valladolid), Jaime Oliva (Calera y Chozas)
Hawaii (1): Jonathan De Motta (Hilo)
Italy (1): Tis Sula (Parma)
New Zealand (1): Cooper Tyler (Auckland)
Portugal(1): Pedro Menezes (Lisbon)
Zambia (1): Daniel Letherby (Lusaka)

Series Records
Eastern trails the overall series with Rogers State, 2-0-1. The programs last met in Portales when the Hillcats beat the Greyhounds, 1-0. ENMU has held a dominant record over Oklahoma Christian with a 6-1 advantage over the Eagles. The last time they played in 2019, OCU beat the Hounds 3-2 at Greyhound Stadium.