Soccer Preview: Rio Rancho vs. Atrisco Heritage Academy
The Rio Rancho Rams will play host again on Friday to welcome the Atrisco Heritage Academy Jaguars, where kickoff is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Rio Rancho is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.8 goals per game this season.
Atrisco Heritage Academy is facing Rio Rancho at the wrong time: Rio Rancho suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a 4-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Storm. The contest was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but the Rams couldn't quite close it out.
Bryson Strohecker wasn't going to let Cleveland walk away unscathed as he scored both of Rio Rancho's goals, bringing his season total up to 17 goals.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Atrisco Heritage Academy had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Demons as they made off with a 7-1 win. The Jaguars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matches by three goals or more this season.
Rio Rancho's loss dropped their record down to 16-3-1. As for Atrisco Heritage Academy, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 14-4-2.
Rio Rancho was able to grind out a solid win over Atrisco Heritage Academy in their previous meeting back in September, winning 4-2. Will Rio Rancho repeat their success, or does Atrisco Heritage Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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