The Charlotte Fightin' Tarpons will face off against the Ida Baker Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Charlotte is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.5 goals per game this season.
Charlotte is headed into the match having not lost since the third and will look to keep things rolling. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Port Charlotte 2-1. Given the Fightin' Tarpons' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 90th, while the Pirates are ranked 359th), the result last Wednesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Yeshua Amador and Braxton Taylor scored both of Charlotte's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 22 goals.
Meanwhile, Ida Baker beat Canterbury 3-1 last Thursday. Things got a bit chippy out on the turf as both teams were handed red cards: the Bulldogs' Santiago Gonzalez and the Cougars' Piero Nieto.
Charlotte is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3-2 record this season. As for Ida Baker, their win bumped their record up to 9-6-3.
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