The Coral Gables Cavaliers will take on the South Dade Buccaneers at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Coral Gables is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Thursday, they were much more limited against Palmetto on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Panthers.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for South Dade, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They never let Miami onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Tuesday. Given the Buccaneers' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 73rd, while the Stingarees are ranked 276th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Keller Andrade and Carlos Montes scored both of South Dade's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.
South Dade pushed their record up to 6-1-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those five matches. As for Coral Gables, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-3 record this season.
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