The Cardinal Gibbons Chiefs will face off against the Fort Lauderdale Flying L at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Cardinal Gibbons will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each matchup than the last.
Fort Lauderdale better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Cardinal Gibbons really get things going. Cardinal Gibbons blew past West Broward 5-2 on Wednesday. Given the Chiefs' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 138th, while the Bobcats are ranked 334th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cardinal Gibbons hit West Broward with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Deven Garcia (2),
Eugene Gibbons Gibbons,
Gedson Clebert, and
Luigi Olivieri.
Meanwhile, Fort Lauderdale kept a clean sheet against Coral Springs Charter on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Panthers by a score of 2-0.
Fort Lauderdale is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2-1 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 23 goals over those seven matches. As for Cardinal Gibbons, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Everything went Cardinal Gibbons' way against Fort Lauderdale when the teams last played back in January of 2023, as Cardinal Gibbons made off with a 4-0 win. Does Cardinal Gibbons have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fort Lauderdale turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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