The Shea Raiders and the Central Knights are set to duel on Thursday. Shea is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last seven games.
Shea is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Mt. Hope, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Shea was ranked tenth). Shea's defense stepped up to hand Mt. Hope a 2-0 shutout on Tuesday. Keba Konte had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Raiders got from the refs.
Cristhian Rivero and
Diogo Alfama scored both of Shea's goals, bringing their combined season tally to seven goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Central). Everything went their way against Classical on Tuesday as Central made off with a 4-1 victory.
Shea pushed their record up to 8-1-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Central, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-8-3.
Shea came up short against Central when the teams last played back in October of 2021, falling 3-1. Can Shea avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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