The Albuquerque Bulldogs will square off against the St. Pius X Sartans at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Albuquerque is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Eldorado on Tuesday. Albuquerque fell just short of Eldorado by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico soccer rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Golden Eagles are ranked third).
Meanwhile, St. Pius X entered their contest against Los Alamos on Thursday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. St. Pius X fell just short of Los Alamos by a score of 1-0. The Sartans have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Albuquerque has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which lines up perfectly with their 1-7-2 record this season. As for St. Pius X, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
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