The Harmony Longhorns and the Gateway Panthers will compete for holiday cheer at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Harmony's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over St. Cloud. That's two games straight that the Longhorns have won by exactly three goals.
Meanwhile, Gateway put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Liberty with a sharp 8-0 win. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 30th, while the Chargers are ranked 589th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gateway's offense was hitting Liberty from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Gabriel Vasquez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Gateway pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 31 goals over those five contests. As for Harmony, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-4.
Harmony suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Gateway in their previous matchup last Friday. Can Harmony avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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