The Cocoa Beach Minutemen and the Mainland Buccaneers will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Cocoa Beach will be strutting in after a victory while Mainland will be coming in after a defeat.
Cocoa Beach is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They put the hurt on Heritage with a sharp 13-1 win on Friday. Considering the Minutemen have won seven matchups by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Mainland was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They lost 8-0 to Flagler Palm Coast. While losing is never fun, the Buccaneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 452nd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 157th).
Cocoa Beach's victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-2. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 37 goals over those five contests. As for Mainland, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-10.
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