The Fort Myers Green Wave will take on the Gulf Coast Sharks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fort Myers is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.3 goals per game this season.
Fort Myers' defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Charlotte. Considering the Green Wave have won four matches by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Lyla Perk and Catherine Daly scored all three of Fort Myers' goals, bringing their combined season tally to 12 goals.
Meanwhile, Gulf Coast was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 8-0 to North Fort Myers. While losing is never fun, the Sharks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while the Red Knights are ranked 25th).
Fort Myers' win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-3. As for Gulf Coast, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-8-1.
Fort Myers beat Gulf Coast by a goal when the teams last played back in December of 2023, winning 1-0. Will Fort Myers repeat their success, or does Gulf Coast have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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