The Bernalillo Spartans and the Valley Vikings are set to duel on Thursday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Bernalillo is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Saturday, they were much more limited against Albuquerque Academy on Tuesday. They lost 7-0 to the Chargers. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico soccer rankings (they are ranked 39th, while the Chargers are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They came up short against Del Norte, falling 4-1. The game was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but the Vikings couldn't quite close it out.
Their goal came courtesy of
Walter Bradford, who's now up to five this season.
Bernalillo's loss dropped their record down to 9-8-2. As for Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-15.
Bernalillo beat Valley 3-1 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bernalillo since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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