Soccer Preview: Albuquerque Academy vs. Farmington
Albuquerque Academy has gone 5-0 against Farmington recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Albuquerque Academy Chargers will stay at home for another game and welcome the Farmington Scorpions at 2:00 p.m. Albuquerque Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Albuquerque Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Atrisco Heritage Academy, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Albuquerque Academy was ranked ninth). Albuquerque Academy skirted past Atrisco Heritage Academy 3-2. Even though the Chargers got in a bit of trouble with the refs ( Kaden Ellini was handed a red card), the team managed to overcome the adversity.
Carlos Chavez and
Grady Gilchrist scored all three of Albuquerque Academy's goals, bringing their combined season tally to eight goals.
Meanwhile, Farmington was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell 4-2 to Bayfield. That's two games in a row now that the Scorpions have lost by exactly two goals.
Albuquerque Academy's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Farmington, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Everything went Albuquerque Academy's way against Farmington in their previous matchup back in October of 2017 as Albuquerque Academy made off with a 3-0 win. Does Albuquerque Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Farmington turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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