Soccer Preview: Somerville vs. Everett
The Somerville Highlanders will face off against the Everett Crimson Tide at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
Somerville is headed into the match having not lost since the fifth and will look to keep things rolling. They had just enough and edged Lynn English out 3-2 on Tuesday. Given the Highlanders' advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts soccer rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 198th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Josue Guevara and
Gabriel Dos Reis scored all three of Somerville's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 17 goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Everett). They won by a goal and slipped past Lynn Classical 3-2. The result kept the Crimson Tide happy, as they haven't lost a game since August 31st.
Somerville is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-1-1 record this season. As for Everett, they now have a winning record of 3-2-3.
Somerville beat Everett 4-2 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Somerville repeat their success, or does Everett have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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