The Piper Bengals will head out to face off against the Deerfield Beach Bucks at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Piper's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Piper fell victim to Monarch and their airtight defense on Monday. They lost 3-0 to the Knights. That's two games in a row now that the Bengals have lost by exactly three goals.
Meanwhile, Deerfield Beach's and Hallandale's contest on Monday was close at halftime, but Deerfield Beach turned on the heat in the second half with three goals. Deerfield Beach put the hurt on Hallandale with a sharp 4-0 victory. Given the Bucks' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 153rd, while the Chargers are ranked 526th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Deerfield Beach was without their leading scorer, Davi Machado, in Monday's game. With Machado sitting this one out, Jefferson Michel got some extra time on the pitch (18 vs. his season average of 10). Michel made the most of the opportunity, putting up one assist and two steals A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Deerfield Beach's win bumped their record up to 10-5-2. As for Piper, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-10-1.
Piper came up short against Deerfield Beach in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 4-2. Can Piper avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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