Soccer Game Preview: Charlottesville on Home-Turf

By Team Reports May 11, 2024, 8:16pm

Soccer Preview: Charlottesville vs. Western Albemarle

Charlottesville is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Western Albemarle is on a eight-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Charlottesville Black Knights will take on the Western Albemarle Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.

Last Thursday, Charlottesville had just enough and edged Albemarle out 2-1.

Amin Zakari and Thimson Duolo scored both of Charlottesville's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 24 goals.

Meanwhile, Western Albemarle narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Goochland 2-1. Given Western Albemarle's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked seventh, while Goochland is ranked 190th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.

Charlottesville is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2-2 record this season. As for Western Albemarle, their win bumped their record up to 14-0.

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