The Coral Gables Cavaliers and the Cypress Bay Lightning squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but sadly the Coral Gables Cavaliers had to settle for second. They fell just short of the Lightning by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, Coral Gables can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 122nd, while Cypress Bay is ranked 16th).
Coral Gables dropped their record down to 10-7-2 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road. That rough patch could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only scored one goal over those three contests. As for Cypress Bay, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season.
Coral Gables does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Cypress Bay, they will head out on the road to square off against Doral Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Cypress Bay sitting on four straight wins and Doral Academy on eight.
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