Soccer Preview: St. Petersburg vs. Lakewood
The St. Petersburg Green Devils will head out on the road to square off against the Lakewood Spartans at 8:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Petersburg has six straight wins, Lakewood has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
St. Petersburg's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They won by a goal and slipped past Largo 1-0. The Green Devils' winning goal came courtesy of Ben Cubito.
Meanwhile, Lakewood and Northeast met for a duel on Thursday where Lakewood couldn't get it done. Lakewood lost 5-0 to Northeast. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 479th, while the Vikings are ranked 96th).
St. Petersburg pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those five games. As for Lakewood, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6-1.
St. Petersburg took their win against Lakewood when the teams last played back in December of 2023 by a conclusive 7-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Petersburg since the team 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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