Soccer Preview: Cumberland vs. Portsmouth
The Cumberland Clippers will square off against the Portsmouth Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty goal totals in their previous games.
Cumberland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: La Salle Academy, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Cumberland was ranked fourth). Cumberland came out on top against La Salle Academy by a score of 5-3 on Monday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Clippers.
They hit La Salle Academy with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Paynter Maher (2),
Sofia Coburn,
Aryanna Tirado, and Tirado.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Portsmouth). They never let Pilgrim onto the board and left with a 5-0 win on Monday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded Portsmouth with their most commanding win of the season.
Cumberland's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Portsmouth, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2-1 record this season.
Everything went Cumberland's way against Portsmouth in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, as Cumberland made off with a 7-0 win. Will Cumberland repeat their success, or does Portsmouth have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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