Soccer Game Preview: Dakota Ridge Heads Out

By Team Reports Apr 30, 2024, 2:14am

Soccer Preview: Dakota Ridge vs. Evergreen

The Dakota Ridge Eagles will head out on the road to face off against the Evergreen Cougars at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Dakota Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.2 goals per game this season.

Dakota Ridge is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Golden last Monday. Dakota Ridge fell just short of Golden by a score of 2-1.

Dakota Ridge's goal came courtesy of Ava Arnold, who's now up to 18 this season.

Meanwhile, Evergreen has not lost a match since April 11th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Monday. Neither they nor Arvada West could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw. The result (or lack thereof) marked Evergreen's first draw of the season.

Dakota Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 7-4-1. With that draw, Evergreen's record moves to 8-5-1.

Dakota Ridge beat Evergreen 4-2 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Dakota Ridge 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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