Soccer Game Preview: Rivers vs. Middlesex

The Rivers Red Wings will square off against Middlesex at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.

Rivers is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Massachusetts' top teams: Milton Academy, who was ranked 12th at the time (Rivers was ranked 21st). The Red Wings took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Mustangs on Saturday. The loss continues a trend for Rivers in their meetings with Milton Academy: they've now lost four in a row.

Meanwhile, Middlesex didn't have quite enough to beat St. Sebastian's School on Saturday and fell 2-1.

Rivers' defeat dropped their record down to 6-4-2. As for Middlesex, their loss dropped their record down to 8-3-2.