Cherries for Muscle recovery?

ok so i play ice hockey, lacrosse, and football and im a very serious athlete. recently ive been doing some research about tart cherries and the way they affect your muscles post workout with their antioxidants and apparently they are supposed to decrease strength loss and "soreness" that you feel after exercise. So I am very interested in this and I plan on buying cherry juice but it seems a little bit expensive. so my question is... is this true? and does it make a big difference so after one day of training the next day i can train just as hard? thanks!