Soccer Preview: Manatee vs. Southeast
The Manatee Hurricanes are taking a road trip to challenge the Southeast Seminoles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
On Wednesday, everything went Manatee's way against Bayshore as Manatee made off with a 7-1 victory. Given the Hurricanes' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 151st, while the Bruins are ranked 441st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Manatee hit Bayshore with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Lucas Felix (2),
Anthony Ramos (2),
Emmanuel Arroyo (2), and
Christopher Sanchez-Perez.
Meanwhile, Southeast hadn't done well against Saint Stephen's Episcopal recently (they were 1-7 in their previous eight matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Southeast's defense stepped up to hand Saint Stephen's Episcopal a 5-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Seminoles, who have now won three matches by five goals or more so far this season.
Manatee has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 28 goals over those five games. As for Southeast, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-5-2.
Manatee was able to grind out a solid victory over Southeast in their previous matchup back in November, winning 3-1. Does Manatee have another victory up their sleeve, or will Southeast turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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