Soccer Game Preview: Pace vs. Mandarin

Patriots

Goals

01/27/26 vs Niceville	1
01/22/26 vs Navarre	2
01/13/26 vs Navarre	1
01/12/26 vs Crestview	9
+ 11 more games

The Pace Patriots will square off against the Mandarin Mustangs at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Pace is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.

Pace heads in on the heels of a playoff contest on Tuesday. They lost 6-1 to Niceville. Pace haven't had much luck with Niceville recently, as the team has come up short the last six times they've met.

Pace's goal came courtesy of Kylin Williamson, who's now up to ten this season.

Meanwhile, Mandarin hadn't done well against Fletcher recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Mustangs' defense stepped up to hand the Senators a 2-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Mandarin.

Pace's loss dropped their record down to 11-5. As for Mandarin, their win bumped their record up to 14-4.