Kearny is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Dickinson is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Kearny Kardinals will welcome the Dickinson Rams at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Kearny is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Kearny will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal last Monday, then bounced right back against North Bergen on Wednesday. Kearny walked away with a 4-2 win over North Bergen. Given the Kardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey soccer rankings (they are ranked 28th, while the Bruins are ranked 256th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kearny hit North Bergen with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Gabe Gomez (2),
Augusto Vieira, and Vieira.
Meanwhile, Dickinson hadn't done well against Union City recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Dickinson's defense stepped up to hand Union City a 1-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Rams were the better team in the second half.
Kearny's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Dickinson, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Kearny took their win against Dickinson in their previous matchup back in October of 2022 by a conclusive 5-0. Does Kearny have another victory up their sleeve, or will Dickinson turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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