Soccer Preview: Palm Bay vs. Eau Gallie
The Palm Bay Pirates are taking a road trip to challenge the Eau Gallie Commodores at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Palm Bay's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Palm Bay managed to keep up with Bayside until halftime two weeks ago, but things quickly went downhill from there. Palm Bay lost 3-0 to Bayside.
Meanwhile, Eau Gallie didn't have quite enough to beat Cocoa Beach on Monday and fell 3-2. While losing is never fun, the Commodores can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 245th, while the Minutemen are ranked 61st).
Eau Gallie's defeat dropped their record down to 2-4-2. As for Palm Bay, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Palm Bay was able to grind out a solid victory over Eau Gallie in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, winning 2-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Palm Bay since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
