The River Ridge Royal Knights will square off against the Mitchell Mustangs at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
River Ridge fell victim to Sunlake and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They came up short against the Seahawks, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Royal Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 235th, while the Seahawks are ranked 18th).
Meanwhile, Mitchell kept a clean sheet against Springstead on Monday. They blew past the Eagles 7-0. Considering the Mustangs have won six matches by more than three goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Mitchell has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 25 goals over those five games. As for River Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-7-1.
River Ridge might still be hurting after the 4-0 defeat they got from Mitchell in their previous matchup back in November of 2024. Can River Ridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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