The Clearwater Tornadoes will take on the Gibbs Gladiators in a holiday battle at at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with nine consecutive losses for Clearwater and seven for Gibbs.
Clearwater is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Gulf an easy 5-1 victory. While losing is never fun, the Tornadoes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 496th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 185th).
Clearwater's goal came courtesy of Isabella Sanchez, which was the first she's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Gibbs' offense. They lost 8-0 to Hollins on Thursday.
Gibbs' loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Clearwater, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Everything went Clearwater's way against Gibbs when the teams last played back in January of 2016, as Clearwater made off with an 8-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Clearwater since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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