Soccer Game Preview: Key West vs. Lemon Bay

The Key West Conchs will square off against the Lemon Bay Manta Rays at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Key West's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Marathon with a sharp 4-0 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Conchs considering their one-goal performance the game before.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Lemon Bay, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. Everything went their way against Port Charlotte on Thursday as Lemon Bay made off with a 10-0 win. The high-scoring effort was just what the Manta Rays needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.

Lemon Bay pushed their record up to 12-4-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those six matches. As for Key West, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-8 record this season.

Key West might still be hurting after the 6-1 defeat they got from Lemon Bay when the teams last played back in November of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Key West was down 3-0.