Soccer Game Preview: St. Albans Leaves Home

By Team Reports Sep 9, 2024, 2:16am

Soccer Preview: St. Albans vs. Riverside

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On Tuesday St. Albans will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will face off against the Riverside Warriors at 7:00 p.m.

St. Albans' offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Princeton on Saturday. They lost 5-0 to the Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Red Dragons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Tigers are ranked seventh).

Meanwhile, Riverside kept a clean sheet against Scott on Saturday. They put the hurt on the Skyhawks with a sharp 3-0 victory. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Warriors were the better team in the second half.

St. Albans' defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Riverside, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.

Everything went St. Albans' way against Riverside in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as St. Albans made off with a 4-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Albans since the team 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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