Soccer Game Preview: Hialeah Educational Academy vs. iMater Charter

The Hialeah Educational Academy Biggie will challenge the iMater Charter Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hialeah Educational Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.

Hialeah Educational Academy will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Sports Leadership & Management on Wednesday. Everything went Hialeah Educational Academy's way against Sports Leadership & Management as Hialeah Educational Academy made off with a 5-2 win. Marcos Roque was a massive factor in the win as he booted in three goals all by himself.

Meanwhile, iMater Charter was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They came up short against Mater Lakes Academy, falling 8-0. 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).

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

Hialeah Educational Academy took their win against iMater Charter when the teams last played back in November of 2024 by a conclusive 6-1. In that contest, Hialeah Educational Academy amassed a halftime lead of 4-1, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.