New Mexico’s Unbeaten Run moves to four in a row
Albuquerque, NM – When Kipp Keller came to Albuquerque last season from Minnesota United he had one goal in his career. Since joining the Black and Yellow Keller has scored three. On Saturday Night Keller’s stellar run of form continued as United moved their unbeaten run to four in a row.
“I think it’s everybody realizing the potential that’s on this team.” Forward Greg Hurst said post match “We’ve got a lot of new lads who came in this year, and we’re trying to unlock the potential of everybody that’s here because they’re really good players.” United’s chemistry is showing as the club had not conceded a goal in over 300 minutes of match play until today and has scored six goals through this run of form.
Keller opened the scoring for New Mexico in just the second minute of play with a diving header that would make Superman jealous. “Superman, that’s what they call me,” Kipp said with a smile post match. This was the fastest home goal in United’s history and second fastest following Devon Sandoval’s 2019 Play-in goal vs Sacramento Republic which clocked in at 14 seconds respectfully. United had plenty of chances after that to score, but just could not get on the end of many of them. “It feels like we let two points get away from us tonight.” Head coach Dennis Sanchez said, “We felt like there was enough there to secure all three, but in terms of the performance and the attitude, being on the front foot and being aggressive at the right moments, I liked a lot of what we saw.”
New Mexico United will head on the road to California’s Capital city and the temporary home of the team formally known as the Oakland A’s to take on Sacramento Republic. Kickoff for that match is scheduled for 9 PM MT. The next time the Black and Yellow will be home is July 1st for their International Friendly against Atlante FC.
