Soccer Preview: Salt Lake Academy vs. Riverton
The Salt Lake Academy Griffins will be playing at home against the Riverton Silverwolves at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Salt Lake Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. Their rough 4-1 loss to Bingham might stick with them for a while. The game was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but Salt Lake Academy couldn't quite close it out.
Their goal came courtesy of
Luis Avila, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, Riverton kept a clean sheet against Herriman on Friday. They had just enough and edged the Mustangs out 1-0. Given Riverton's advantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked 20th, while Herriman is ranked 66th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Salt Lake Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Riverton, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Salt Lake Academy skirted past Riverton 2-1 when the teams last played back in March of 2023. Will Salt Lake Academy repeat their success, or does Riverton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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