The Lake Wales Highlanders will head out on the road to square off against the Matanzas Pirates at 7:20 p.m. on Friday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
On Wednesday, Lake Wales sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 win over Lake Region. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Highlanders.
They hit Lake Region with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Martin Aguilar (2), Benjamin Torres, Sean Woods, and Brandon Sanes.
Meanwhile, Matanzas kept a clean sheet against Bolles on Tuesday. They skirted past the Bulldogs 1-0. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 252nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Matanzas is also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which lines up perfectly with their 10-3-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 23 goals over those eight contests. As for Lake Wales, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-7-1.
Lake Wales came up short against Matanzas when the teams last played back in January of 2024, falling 2-0. Can Lake Wales avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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