Soccer Preview: Southeast vs. Manatee
The Southeast Seminoles will face off against the Manatee Hurricanes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Southeast is coming into the match fresh off a high-scoring shootout with Saint Stephen's Episcopal that saw the pair combine for 12 shots on goal. Southeast's defense stepped up to hand Saint Stephen's Episcopal a 5-0 shutout on Wednesday. Orlando Merida was a massive factor in the win as he booted in three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, everything went Manatee's way against Bayshore on Wednesday as Manatee made off with a 7-1 victory. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 6-1.
Manatee used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Bayshore. Christopher Sanchez-Perez played for 40 minutes having averaged 19.8 this season and Alejandro Guttierrez got 55 vs. an average of 32.6. Sanchez-Perez made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Manatee is on a roll lately: 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.
Southeast came up short against Manatee when the teams last played back in November, falling 3-1. Can Southeast avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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