The Matanzas Pirates will challenge the Seabreeze Sandcrabs at 7:20 p.m. on Tuesday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Matanzas is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Florida's top teams: Fleming Island, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Matanzas was ranked 17th). Both finished up on equal footing with a 1-1 draw on Monday. The result (or lack thereof) marked the Pirates' first draw of the season.
Their goal came courtesy of
Jonathan Costa, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, Seabreeze was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Flagler Palm Coast. The contest was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Sandcrabs couldn't quite close it out.
Matanzas' draw makes their record 4-1-1 this season. As for Seabreeze, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Everything went Matanzas' way against Seabreeze in their previous meeting back in January, as Matanzas made off with a 5-1 win. Will Matanzas repeat their success, or does Seabreeze have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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