Soccer Game Preview: Gloucester Heads Out

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 6:42am

Soccer Preview: Gloucester vs. Heritage

Gloucester is 6-0 against Heritage since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Gloucester Dukes will head out on the road to square off against the Heritage Hurricanes at 5:30 p.m. Gloucester will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.

In what's become a running theme this season, Gloucester gave their fans yet another huge win on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand Poquoson a 6-0 shutout. Give Gloucester's defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.

Their offense was hitting Poquoson from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Corey Skay led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.

Meanwhile, Heritage was able to grind out a solid victory over Norcom on Monday, taking the game 2-0.

Gloucester's win bumped their record up to 9-1-1. As for Heritage, their victory bumped their record up to 2-9.

Everything went Gloucester's way against Heritage in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Gloucester made off with an 8-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Gloucester since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.

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