The Fort Lauderdale Flying L will take on the Cardinal Gibbons Chiefs at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fort Lauderdale's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Coral Springs Charter. Given the Flying L's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 189th, while the Panthers are ranked 441st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Cardinal Gibbons came tearing into Wednesday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.3 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They were the clear victor by a 5-2 margin over the Bobcats. The score was close at the half, but the Chiefs pulled away in the second half with four goals.
They hit West Broward with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Deven Garcia (2),
Eugene Gibbons Gibbons,
Gedson Clebert, and
Luigi Olivieri.
Fort Lauderdale has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2-1 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 23 goals over those seven matches. As for Cardinal Gibbons, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Fort Lauderdale suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Cardinal Gibbons in their previous meeting back in January of 2023. Can Fort Lauderdale avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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