Soccer Preview: Riverside vs. Deer Park
Riverside is 1-9 against Deer Park since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Riverside Rams will be staying on the road to face off against the Deer Park Stags at 4:00 p.m.
Riverside is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Timberlake on Thursday. Riverside fell 3-1 to Timberlake. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 207th in Washington, while the Tigers are ranked 36th in Idaho).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Deer Park). They never let Rogers onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory on Thursday. Rylee Pfeifer had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Stags.
Riverside now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Deer Park, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-3.
Riverside suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Deer Park in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. Can Riverside avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
