Soccer Recap: Celebration Takes Down Poinciana in a Playoff Battle

Storm

Margin (Wins)

12/09/24 vs Liberty	13
11/19/24 vs Lake Buena Vista	9
11/05/24 @ Osceola	8
11/21/24 @ Gateway	8
01/16/25 vs Poinciana	8

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Celebration had no problem doing just that on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Poinciana Eagles an 8-0 shutout. The Storm might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 matchups by three goals or more this season.

Celebration has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those nine contests. As for Poinciana, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-13-1.

Celebration will challenge Harmony at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Celebration is coming into the match hot, having won their last three games. Poinciana does not have any more games scheduled as of now.