Soccer Preview: Shea vs. West Warwick
The Shea Raiders are on the road again on Friday to play the West Warwick Wizards at 4:45 p.m. Shea is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.7 goals per game this season.
Shea is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: St. Raphael Academy, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Shea was ranked 13th). Shea skirted past St. Raphael Academy 2-1. The Raiders found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: Keba Konte and Brian Arias were both handed yellow cards.
Luizandro Sanchez and Arias scored both of Shea's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.
Meanwhile, West Warwick had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They never let the Kilties onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory.
Shea's record now sits at 4-1-1. As for West Warwick, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
Shea came up short against West Warwick in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 4-2. Can Shea avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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