The Martin County Tigers will challenge the Benjamin Buccaneers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Martin County is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Tradition Prep an 8-0 shutout on Thursday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 115th, while the Pirates are ranked 523rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Something new happened on Thursday as Alex Linares saw his first action of the season, playing ten minutes against Tradition Prep. Linares made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Benjamin, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 5-0 margin over Vero Beach on Friday. The Buccaneers better thank their lucky stars for the performance of Ford Cash, as he scored every single goal for his team.
Benjamin pushed their record up to 11-2-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home. As for Martin County, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-3.
Martin County might still be hurting after the 5-1 loss they got from Benjamin in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Martin County was down 3-0.
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