Soccer Preview: Cumberland vs. South Kingstown
Cumberland has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will host the South Kingstown Rebels at 6:30 p.m. Cumberland is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Cumberland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Central Falls, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Cumberland was ranked fourth). Cumberland had just enough and edged Central Falls out 3-2. The Clippers better thank their lucky stars for the performance of Gabriel Soares, as he scored every single goal for his team.
Meanwhile, South Kingstown was able to grind out a solid victory over East Providence on Tuesday, taking the game 4-2. That's two games straight that the Rebels have won by exactly two goals.
Cumberland's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. As for South Kingstown, the victory got them back to even at 5-5-2.
Cumberland beat South Kingstown by a goal when the teams last played back in November of 2023, winning 1-0. Does Cumberland have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Kingstown turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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