The Blue Ridge Raiders and the Riverside Vikings are set to duel on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Blue Ridge comes in on four and Riverside on five.
Blue Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They were the clear victor by an 8-2 margin over Forest City on Wednesday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Raiders considering their one-goal performance the match before.
Meanwhile, Riverside gave up the first goal last Thursday, but they didn't let that get them down. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Holy Cross , sneaking past 3-2. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 211th, while the Crusaders are ranked 441st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
John Chilleri and
Connor McNally scored all three of Riverside's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 47 goals.
Blue Ridge now has a winning record of 7-6-1. As for Riverside, they pushed their record up to 13-1-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Blue Ridge might still be hurting after the 5-1 defeat they got from Riverside in their previous matchup back in September. Can Blue Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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