The Charlotte Fightin' Tarpons will face off against the Lely Trojans at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
Charlotte is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Naples on Thursday. They fell just short of the Golden Eagles by a score of 2-1. The loss continues a trend for the Fightin' Tarpons in their matchups with the Golden Eagles: they've now lost four in a row.
Meanwhile, Lely hasn't lost a match since December 3, 2024, a trend which continued in their latest game on Thursday. They never let North Fort Myers onto the board and left with a 6-0 victory. The Trojans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by four goals or more this season.
They hit North Fort Myers with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Stive Argueta (3), Jean Gedeon, Diego Guerrero, and Kensly Gedeon.
Lely has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 9-4-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 17 goals over those four contests. As for Charlotte, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 13-2-1.
Charlotte came up short against Lely when the teams last played back in December of 2017, falling 4-2. Can Charlotte avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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