Soccer Preview: North Providence vs. East Greenwich
The North Providence Cougars will head out on the road to take on the East Greenwich Avengers at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. North Providence is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
North Providence is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Pilgrim a 1-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but the Cougars sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Sebastian Gutierrez, who's now up to ten this season.
Meanwhile, East Greenwich faced North Smithfield in a battle between two of the state's top teams last Wednesday. East Greenwich fell just short of North Smithfield by a score of 3-2.
North Providence is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6-1 record this season. As for East Greenwich, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-3-4.
North Providence beat East Greenwich by a goal in their previous matchup back in October, winning 2-1. Will North Providence repeat their success, or does East Greenwich have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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