The Melbourne Bulldogs are on the road again on Friday and plays the New Smyrna Beach Barracudas at 7:00 p.m. on February 16th. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Melbourne had already proven themselves in the regular season, and didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They blew past St. Cloud 4-1. Given Melbourne's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 38th, while St. Cloud is ranked 145th), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Melbourne hit St. Cloud with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Trent Burgreen,
Serge Dalgarrando,
Marlowe Spencer, and
Parker Rathjen.
Meanwhile, New Smyrna Beach had already won 12 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.8 goals), and they went ahead and made it 13 on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Heritage a 5-0 shutout.
Melbourne has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4-2 record this season. As for New Smyrna Beach, their victory was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-1-1.
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