It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Braden River can now relate to. They fell just short of the North Fort Myers Red Knights by a score of 2-1 on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Red Knights are ranked tenth).
Braden River's goal came courtesy of Maddie Baehr, who's now up to 12 this season.
Having lost for the first time this season, Braden River fell to 14-1. As for North Fort Myers, the win was the 18th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 21-2.
Braden River does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for North Fort Myers, they will face off against Ponte Vedra at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Ponte Vedra is on a four-game streak of home wins, North Fort Myers a six-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the pitch.
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