The Tradition Prep Pirates will square off against the Central Cobras at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Tradition Prep has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while Central will arrive with eight straight wins.
Wednesday just wasn't the day for Tradition Prep's offense. They fell 2-0 to Lincoln Park Academy on Wednesday. Gustavo Souza was hit with a yellow card, which may have had some impact on his (and the team's) ability to make aggressive plays.
Meanwhile, Central won against Somerset College Prep Academy on Monday with eight goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Thursday. Central blew past Port St. Lucie 8-1. The Cobras might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Port St. Lucie from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Wildjenski Jean-Louis led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Central's victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 30 goals over those six contests. As for Tradition Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-9-2.
Tradition Prep suffered a grim 7-1 defeat to Central in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Tradition Prep was down 4-1.
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