The Doral Academy Firebirds will look to defend their home pitch on Wednesday against the Cypress Bay Lightning at 7:00 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Doral Academy sitting on eight straight wins and Cypress Bay on four.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Doral Academy walked away with it. They never let the Eagles onto the board and left with a 1-0 win on Friday. Given Doral Academy's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked sixth, while Stoneman Douglas is ranked 65th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Cypress Bay sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 victory over Coral Gables on Friday. Cypress Bay's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four games.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Nicolas Preciado, which was the first he's scored this season.
Doral Academy has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2-2 record this season. As for Cypress Bay, they pushed their record up to 16-3 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home.
Doral Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Cypress Bay when the teams last played back in November of 2023, sneaking past 4-3. Does Doral Academy have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cypress Bay turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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