Soccer Preview: Valley vs. Albuquerque Academy
Valley is 0-10 against Albuquerque Academy since October of 2019 but things could change on Thursday. The Valley Vikings will take on the Albuquerque Academy Chargers at 4:30 p.m.
Valley and Bernalillo met for a duel on Tuesday where Valley couldn't get it done. Valley fell 3-1 to Bernalillo. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, the Vikings couldn't push the score so high this time.
Their goal came courtesy of
Ruben Gonzales, who's now up to nine this season.
Meanwhile, Albuquerque Academy came tearing into Saturday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.3 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Hilltoppers a 4-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Chargers, who have now won nine matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 4-12. As for Albuquerque Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-1 record this season.
Valley might still be hurting after the 11-1 loss they got from Albuquerque Academy when the teams last played two weeks ago. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Valley was down 7-1.
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