After two games on the road, North Providence is heading back home. They will welcome the Cranston East Thunderbolts at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. North Providence is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
North Providence will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Pilgrim, who they had gone 0-5 against in their five prior meetings. North Providence walked away with a 3-1 win over Pilgrim on Tuesday. Toprak Kalakci had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Cougars got from the refs.
North Providence hit Pilgrim with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Bryann Vera,
Jeronimo Grajales, and
Sebastian Gutierrez.
Meanwhile, Cranston East has been on a difficult stretch since their win on September 28. They and Johnston finished up on equal footing with a 2-2 draw on Tuesday.
Cranston East used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Johnston. Darlyn Coque played for 80 minutes having averaged 55 this season and Denis Lopez got 40 vs. an average of 18.3. Lopez made the most of the opportunity, putting up an assist. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
North Providence has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6-1 record this season. Cranston East's draw gives them a new season record of 4-7-4.
North Providence suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Cranston East when the teams last played back in October of 2017. Can North Providence avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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