Soccer Preview: Cumberland vs. Portsmouth
The Cumberland Clippers will face off against the Portsmouth Patriots at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Cumberland will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Cumberland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: North Smithfield, who was ranked 20th in their home state at the time (Cumberland was ranked fourth). Cumberland's defense stepped up to hand North Smithfield a 3-0 shutout on Saturday. Considering the Clippers have won six matchups by more than two goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit North Smithfield with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Diego Garcia,
Gabriel Soares, and
Andrew Cutlip.
Meanwhile, Portsmouth narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Tolman 2-1.
Cumberland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2-1 record this season. As for Portsmouth, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-3-2.
Cumberland came out on top in a nail-biter against Portsmouth in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. Does Cumberland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Portsmouth turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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