Soccer Game Preview: Heritage vs. Columbia River

The Heritage Timberwolves will look to take advantage of their home pitch for the first time this season as they take on the Columbia River Rapids at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Heritage had to skate by with only a one-goal margin when they last took the pitch, which might have inspired the three-goal drubbing they dealt Hudson's Bay on Friday. Heritage's defense stepped up to hand Hudson's Bay a 3-0 shutout.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Columbia River, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They blew past Mark Morris 8-0 on Thursday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Rapids considering their one-goal performance the match before.

Heritage's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Columbia River, the win got them back to even at 1-1.