The Ferguson Falcons will take on the Columbus Explorers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Ferguson is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Cypress Bay a 1-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Columbus entered their tilt with Coral Glades on Tuesday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. Everything went their way against the Jaguars as they made off with a 5-1 victory. Given the Explorers' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 22nd, while the Jaguars are ranked 91st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Columbus hit Coral Glades with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Jorge Gonzalez-Tello (2), Santiago Montoya, Jaden Glasper, and Andres Gotera.
Columbus has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 39 goals over those ten contests. As for Ferguson, their win bumped their record up to 10-2-2.
Ferguson came up short against Columbus when the teams last played back in February of 2021, falling 2-0. Can Ferguson avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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