Soccer Preview: Hope Christian vs. Del Norte
Hope Christian has gone 10-0 against Del Norte recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Hope Christian Huskies are taking a road trip to square off against the Del Norte Knights at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hope Christian has 19 straight victories, Del Norte has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Hope Christian is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Albuquerque Academy, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Hope Christian was ranked first). Hope Christian narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Albuquerque Academy 1-0. That's two games straight that the Huskies have won by just one goal.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Mechi Garbarino, who's now up to 17 this season.
Meanwhile, Del Norte and Valley met for a duel on Tuesday where Del Norte had to take the L. Del Norte lost 9-0 to Valley.
Hope Christian pushed their record up to 19-0 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home. As for Del Norte, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-15-1.
Everything went Hope Christian's way against Del Norte in their previous meeting on October 8th, as Hope Christian made off with a 12-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hope Christian 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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