Soccer Game Preview: Tavares vs. Crooms Academy

The Tavares Bulldogs will challenge the Crooms Academy Panthers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.

Tavares is headed into Thursday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Wednesday. They lost 8-0 to Mount Dora. That's two games in a row now that the Bulldogs have lost by exactly eight goals.

Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Crooms Academy's offense. They came up short against Umatilla on Tuesday, falling 7-0. The Panthers haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.

Crooms Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 2-8-1. As for Tavares, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9-1.

Everything went Tavares' way against Crooms Academy in their previous matchup back in December of 2021, as Tavares made off with a 9-1 win. Does Tavares have another victory up their sleeve, or will Crooms Academy turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.