Clover Park has enjoyed the comforts of home their last seven games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will square off against the Fife Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Clover Park has not lost a match since March 22nd, a trend which continued in their latest game on Wednesday. They and White River finished up their game with a 1-1 draw. Clover Park had to tread lightly for part of the match as Jesus Cruz and Alvin Nyonjo were both handed yellow cards, which could explain the final result.
Clover Park's goal came courtesy of
Elvis Ayala-Alas, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, Fife had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Sentinels a 2-0 shutout. Given Fife's advantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 35th, while Steilacoom is ranked 138th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
With that draw, Clover Park's record moves to 6-2-2. As for Fife, their victory bumped their record up to 8-1-2.
Clover Park came up short against Fife in their previous meeting back in March, falling 2-0. Can Clover Park avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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