Soccer Preview: North Providence vs. Shea
The North Providence Cougars will venture away from home to square off against the Shea Raiders at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. North Providence is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
North Providence is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Davies Career & Tech, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (North Providence was ranked 15th). North Providence never let Davies Career & Tech onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Wednesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
Bryann Vera and
Luca Cardarelli scored both of North Providence's goals, bringing their combined season tally to five goals.
Meanwhile, Shea unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of Central by a score of 3-2.
North Providence is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5-1 record this season. As for Shea, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-2-1.
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