Soccer Preview: Dutch Fork vs. River Bluff
The Dutch Fork Silver Foxes will head out on the road to face off against the River Bluff Gators at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Dutch Fork is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Dutch Fork is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Chapin, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Dutch Fork was ranked 23rd). While the 1-1 score might suggest a draw, it was Chapin who was credited with the victory. Chapin got it done in the shootout by posting nine goals to Dutch Fork's eight. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, Dutch Fork couldn't push the score so high this time.
Their goal came courtesy of
Max Werner, who's now up to five this season.
Dutch Fork is hoping to do on Friday what Aiken couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to River Bluff's winning streak, which now stands at three games. River Bluff came out on top against Aiken by a score of 4-2. Given River Bluff's advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked sixth, while Aiken is ranked 68th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Dutch Fork's defeat dropped their record down to 16-3. As for River Bluff, they pushed their record up to 14-2 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home.
Dutch Fork suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to River Bluff when the teams last played back in March. Can Dutch Fork avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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