The Lely Trojans will face off against the Charlotte Fightin' Tarpons at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Lely is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.8 goals per game this season.
Lely is headed into the contest having not lost since December 3 and will look to keep things rolling. Their defense stepped up to hand North Fort Myers a 6-0 shutout on Thursday. Considering the Trojans have won six games by more than three goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit North Fort Myers with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Stive Argueta (3), Jean Gedeon, Diego Guerrero, and Kensly Gedeon.
Meanwhile, after soaring to six goals the game before, Charlotte was a bit more limited in their match on Thursday. They fell just short of Naples by a score of 2-1. The Fightin' Tarpons have struggled against the Golden Eagles recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Lely is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-4-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 17 goals over those four games. As for Charlotte, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-2-1.
Lely was able to grind out a solid victory over Charlotte in their previous matchup back in December of 2017, winning 4-2. Does Lely have another victory up their sleeve, or will Charlotte turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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