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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