The American Heritage Patriots will take on Lourdes Academy in a holiday battle at at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both have allowed few goals on average, (American Heritage: 0.5, Lourdes Academy: 0.5) so any goals scored will be well earned.
American Heritage is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Florida's top teams: Mariner, who was ranked 16th at the time (American Heritage was ranked fourth). American Heritage fell just short of Mariner by a score of 2-1 last Tuesday. The Patriots' defeat signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Their goal came courtesy of SAMANTHA VILLAVERDE, who's now up to seven this season.
Meanwhile, Lourdes Academy hasn't lost a match yet, a trend which continued in their latest game on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Archbishop McCarthy a 1-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Lourdes Academy was the better team in the second half.
Lourdes Academy's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-0-1. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those four games. As for American Heritage, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 7-1.
American Heritage beat Lourdes Academy 2-0 when the teams last played back in January. Will American Heritage repeat their success, or does Lourdes Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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