North Smithfield has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the North Kingstown Skippers at 7:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
North Smithfield's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Westerly 3-0. The Northmen better thank their lucky stars for the performance of Cristiano Rodrigues, as he scored every single goal for his team.
Meanwhile, North Kingstown faced Cranston West in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Everything went North Kingstown's way against Cranston West as North Kingstown made off with a 3-0 win. Give the Skippers' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
North Smithfield's victory bumped their record up to 5-7-1. As for North Kingstown, their win bumped their record up to 8-2-2.
North Smithfield was able to grind out a solid victory over North Kingstown when the teams last played back in November of 2020, winning 3-1. Will North Smithfield repeat their success, or does North Kingstown have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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