Soccer Preview: Cumberland vs. Westerly
The Cumberland Clippers are on the road again on Friday to play the Westerly Bulldogs at 5:00 p.m. Cumberland is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Cumberland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: East Greenwich, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (Cumberland was ranked first). Cumberland never let East Greenwich onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory on Tuesday. Give the Clippers' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Paynter Maher and
Sofia Coburn scored both of Cumberland's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 13 goals.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Westerly was not quite Moses Brown's equal in the second half on Wednesday. They lost 4-1 to the Quakers. The Bulldogs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Cumberland's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1. As for Westerly, their loss dropped their record down to 8-5.
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