Soccer Preview: Albuquerque Academy vs. Los Alamos
Albuquerque Academy is 10-0 against Los Alamos since October of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Albuquerque Academy Chargers will be staying on the road to face off against the Los Alamos Hilltoppers at 2:30 p.m. Albuquerque Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.1 goals per game this season.
Albuquerque Academy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Lovington onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory. Considering the Chargers have won 14 matchups by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Lovington with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Evan Chang (2),
Grady Gilchrist,
Ian Marin, and
Ben Morgan.
Meanwhile, Los Alamos faced Santa Teresa in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Los Alamos narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Santa Teresa 2-1. That's two games straight that the Hilltoppers have won by just one goal.
Albuquerque Academy's record is now 17-3-1. As for Los Alamos, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season.
Everything went Albuquerque Academy's way against Los Alamos in their previous meeting back in October, as Albuquerque Academy made off with a 4-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Albuquerque Academy since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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