Soccer Game Preview: Newburyport vs. Rockport

Clippers

Goals

10/02/25 vs North Reading	2
09/30/25 @ Lynnfield	1
09/25/25 @ Manchester Essex	3
09/23/25 vs Triton Regional	9
09/18/25 @ Essex North Shore Agric & Tech School	2
+ 5 more games

The Newburyport Clippers will take on the Rockport Vikings at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Newburyport is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.

Newburyport took a five-goal loss the last time they faced off against North Reading, but this time they managed to keep it close and that made all the difference. The Clippers skirted past the Hornets 2-1. The win was all the more spectacular given Newburyport's disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts soccer rankings (they are ranked 160th, while North Reading are ranked 50th).

Parker Johnson and Danny Lopez scored both of Newburyport's goals, bringing their combined season tally to six goals.

Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Rockport's offense. They fell 2-0 to Ipswich on Thursday.

Newburyport is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups. That's provided a massive bump to their 5-4-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 21 goals over those six contests. As for Rockport, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-3-2.