The Martin County Tigers are taking a road trip to challenge the Jensen Beach Falcons at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Martin County will head out to face Jensen Beach after giving up their first home loss of the season on Tuesday. Martin County fell just short of Benjamin by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 114th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 25th).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Jensen Beach, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. They won by a goal and slipped past Palm Beach Gardens 2-1. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Falcons were the better team in the second half.
Antonio Deleon and Jean Fernandez scored both of Jensen Beach's goals, bringing their combined season tally to five goals.
Martin County's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-4. As for Jensen Beach, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 4-6 record this season.
Everything went Martin County's way against Jensen Beach in their previous matchup last Tuesday, as Martin County made off with a 4-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Martin County since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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