Soccer Preview: Forest Park vs. Providence
The Forest Park Rangers will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Providence Pioneers at 2:00 p.m. Forest Park is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.9 goals per game this season.
Forest Park is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Pike Central a 2-0 shutout. Give the Rangers' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Riley Hinson and
Paige Memmer scored both of Forest Park's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 22 goals.
Meanwhile, Providence came tearing into Wednesday's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.8 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Patriots as they made off with a 7-0 win. Considering the Pioneers have won 13 games by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Forest Park is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. As for Providence, their victory bumped their record up to 17-3.
Forest Park came up short against Providence in their previous meeting back in August, falling 5-3. Can Forest Park avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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