The East Greenwich Avengers will take on the Portsmouth Patriots at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
East Greenwich is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Rhode Island's top teams: Cranston West, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (East Greenwich was ranked ninth). East Greenwich fell just short of Cranston West by a score of 2-1 on Friday. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, the Avengers couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Portsmouth kept a clean sheet against Smithfield on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Sentinels as they made off with a 5-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Patriots.
East Greenwich's defeat dropped their record down to 5-5-2. As for Portsmouth, their victory bumped their record up to 7-5-1.
East Greenwich took their win against Portsmouth when the teams last played back in October of 2021 by a conclusive 3-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Greenwich since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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