The Cocoa Beach Minutemen will face off against The Villages Charter at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cocoa Beach is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Cocoa Beach is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup last Wednesday. They won by a goal and slipped past Space Coast 2-1. Given the Minutemen's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 76th, while the Vipers are ranked 395th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Max Perez was the driving force of Cocoa Beach's attack as he scored both of Cocoa Beach's goals, bringing his season total up to 26 goals.
Meanwhile, after soaring to seven goals the game before, The Villages Charter was a bit more limited in their matchup last Wednesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lake Highland Prep. The defeat continues a trend for the Buffalo in their matchups with the Highlanders: they've now lost three in a row.
Cocoa Beach is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 30 goals over those seven games. As for The Villages Charter, their loss dropped their record down to 9-8-1.
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