Soccer Game Preview: Hope Christian vs. Valley

Huskies

Goals

10/14/25 vs Albuquerque Academy	2
10/08/25 @ Bernalillo	10
10/06/25 @ Del Norte	16
10/02/25 @ Sandia	10
09/30/25 vs Valley	10
+ 11 more games

Hope Christian has gone a perfect 10-0 against Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Huskies will head out on the road to take on the Vikings at 6:30 p.m. Hope Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 7.6 goals per game this season.

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 third at the time (Hope Christian was ranked first). The Huskies' defense stepped up to hand the Chargers a 2-0 shutout on Tuesday. Give Hope Christian's defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.

Mechi Garbarino and Bryson Fankam scored both of Hope Christian's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 42 goals.

Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Valley was a bit more limited in their contest on Thursday. They came up short against Albuquerque Academy, falling 10-0.

Valley's loss dropped their record down to 8-7-1. As for Hope Christian, their win bumped their record up to 16-0.

Hope Christian took their victory against Valley when the teams last played two weeks ago by a conclusive 10-0 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Huskies since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.