Soccer Game Preview: Denver Christian vs. Prospect Ridge Academy

The Denver Christian Thunder will face off against the Prospect Ridge Academy Miners at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Denver Christian has five straight victories, Prospect Ridge Academy has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.

For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Denver Christian and Dawson School meet (three straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Tuesday. The Thunder came out on top against the Mustangs by a score of 3-1.

Meanwhile, Prospect Ridge Academy faced Colorado Academy in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Miners came up short against the Mustangs, falling 6-0. The game snapped a strange streak: the last four times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.

Denver Christian pushed their record up to 8-4-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 14 goals over those four matches. As for Prospect Ridge Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 11-3.