Soccer Preview: Albuquerque Academy vs. Valley
Albuquerque Academy has gone 10-0 against Valley 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 Valley Vikings at 4:30 p.m. Albuquerque Academy knows how to get goals on the board -- the squad has finished with four goals or more in their past four games -- so hopefully Valley likes a good challenge.
Albuquerque Academy's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They were the clear victor by a 4-0 margin over Los Alamos. The Chargers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by three goals or more this season.
They hit Los Alamos with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Cruz Tomori (2),
Townes Richardson, and
Grady Gilchrist.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Valley was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to Bernalillo. Walter Bradford was hit with a yellow card, which may have had some impact on his (and the team's) ability to make aggressive plays.
Albuquerque Academy has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-1 record this season. As for Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 4-12.
Everything went Albuquerque Academy's way against Valley in their previous matchup two weeks ago, as Albuquerque Academy made off with an 11-1 win. In that matchup, Albuquerque Academy amassed a halftime lead of 7-1, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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