Bernalillo is 0-8 against Albuquerque Academy since October of 2018 but things could change on Thursday. The Bernalillo Spartans will be staying on the road to face off against the Albuquerque Academy Chargers at 3:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Bernalillo will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Wednesday, then bounced right back against Belen on Tuesday. Bernalillo put the hurt on Belen with a sharp 6-1 win.
Bernalillo's offense was hitting Belen from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Ivan Najera led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Albuquerque Academy kept a clean sheet against Del Norte on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by an 8-0 margin over the Knights. Given the Chargers' advantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico soccer rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Knights are ranked 47th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bernalillo is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5-1 record this season. As for Albuquerque Academy, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-3-1.
Bernalillo suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Albuquerque Academy when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Bernalillo avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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