Soccer Preview: Portsmouth vs. North Kingstown
The Portsmouth Patriots will face off against the North Kingstown Skippers at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Portsmouth will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
North Kingstown better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Portsmouth really get things going. Portsmouth put the hurt on Tolman with a sharp 4-0 win on Tuesday. The Patriots' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matches.
They hit Tolman with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Nolan Fox,
Sean Collins,
John Casey, and
Jack Loper.
Meanwhile, North Kingstown faced Moses Brown in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. North Kingstown fell just short of Moses Brown by a score of 1-0. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Blake Longval was handed one for the Skippers, while the Quakers got theirs courtesy of Dario Brosco.
Portsmouth has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-3 record this season. As for North Kingstown, their loss dropped their record down to 11-3-3.
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