The Tampa Catholic Crusaders will take on the Keswick Christian Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Tampa Catholic's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Tampa Catholic fell victim to Tampa Prep and their airtight defense on Thursday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Terrapins. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 376th, while the Terrapins are ranked 40th).
Meanwhile, Keswick Christian came tearing into Monday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They beat the BlueJackets by a goal, winning 3-2. That's two games straight that the Crusaders have won by just one goal.
They hit Admiral Farragut with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Logan Patterson, Gavin Brady, and Spencer Short.
Keswick Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those seven contests. As for Tampa Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-10-1.
Tampa Catholic took their victory against Keswick Christian when the teams last played back in January of 2016 by a conclusive 5-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tampa Catholic since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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