On Tuesday, North Providence faced East Greenwich in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The North Providence Cougars had just enough and edged the East Greenwich Avengers out 2-1. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Cougars were the better team in the second half.
Jeronimo Grajales and
Sebastian Gutierrez scored both of North Providence's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 16 goals.
North Providence has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-5-1 record this season. As for East Greenwich, the defeat snapped their losing streak at four games and leaves them with a 8-1-3 record.
North Providence didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Davies Career & Tech on the 9th. As for East Greenwich, they will face off against Westerly at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Westerly is coming into the contest with six straight losses on the road, meaning East Greenwich will have to defend against a squad hungry for a victory.
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