The Palm Beach Central Broncos will take on the West Boca Raton Bulls at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Palm Beach Central is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Wellington on Tuesday. Palm Beach Central took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Wellington. While losing is never fun, the Broncos can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 333rd, while the Wolverines are ranked 113th).
Meanwhile, West Boca Raton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight loss. 2025 welcomed they with a 3-0 loss courtesy of Boca Raton. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Bulls haven't been shut out since back in November of 2024.
West Boca Raton was without their leading scorer, Gabriel Pacheco, in Monday's game. With Pacheco sidelined, West Boca Raton had to make some changes to the lineup. Mihalis Loukas played for 80 minutes having averaged 45 this season.
Palm Beach Central has traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-9-3 record this season. As for West Boca Raton, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.
Palm Beach Central might still be hurting after the 4-0 loss they got from West Boca Raton in their previous meeting back in January of 2019. Can Palm Beach Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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