Soccer Game Preview: iMater Charter vs. Hialeah Educational Academy

The IMater Charter Knights will take on the Hialeah Educational Academy Biggie at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. IMater Charter is looking for their season's first victory.

IMater Charter fell victim to Mater Lakes Academy and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They lost 8-0 to the Bears. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 501st, while the Bears are ranked 29th).

Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last matchup, Hialeah Educational Academy made sure to put some goals up on the board against Sports Leadership & Management on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Wolves as they made off with a 5-2 win. Considering the Biggie have won 11 contests by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

They hit Sports Leadership & Management with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Marcos Roque (3), Manoa Mendoza, and William Fonseca.

IMater Charter's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Hialeah Educational Academy, their victory bumped their record up to 11-5-1.

IMater Charter suffered a grim 6-1 defeat to Hialeah Educational Academy in their previous meeting back in November of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point iMater Charter was down 4-1.