The Bloomingdale Bulls will head out to square off against the Plant Panthers at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Bloomingdale is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.4 goals per game this season.
Bloomingdale will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Friday, then bounced right back against Spoto on Tuesday. Everything went Bloomingdale's way against Spoto as Bloomingdale made off with a 6-2 victory. Considering the Bulls have won six matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Spoto from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Spencer Barragan led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Plant's game on Tuesday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They skirted past Robinson 2-1. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 163rd, while the Knights are ranked 454th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Plant was without their leading scorer, Toby Burnett, in Tuesday's contest. With Burnett sidelined, Derrick McCulley got his first action of the season.
Bloomingdale has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 27 goals over those seven matches. As for Plant, their win bumped their record up to 4-1-2.
Bloomingdale skirted past Plant 2-1 in their previous matchup back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bloomingdale since the team 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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