Soccer Preview: Riverside-Durham vs. Ashley
The Riverside-Durham Pirates will face off against the Ashley Screaming Eagle on Tuesday. Riverside-Durham is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Riverside-Durham is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand Lumberton a 1-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Riverside-Durham was the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Ashley's contest on Saturday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. They were the clear victor by a 4-0 margin over Cary. Considering the Screaming Eagle have won eight matchups by more than three goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Cary with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kingston Hroncich,
Cameron Moore,
Brady Mccormick, and
Grant Ruscetti.
Riverside-Durham is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 11-7-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those five games. As for Ashley, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 18-5-1.
Riverside-Durham came up short against Ashley in their previous meeting back in November of 2016, falling 2-0. Can Riverside-Durham avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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