The Springstead Eagles will head out to face off against the South Lake Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Springstead is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Lecanto on Wednesday. Springstead took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lecanto. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 257th, while the Panthers are ranked 120th).
Meanwhile, South Lake came up short against Windermere on Tuesday, falling 6-1. Things were pretty much settled by the half as the Eagles were already down 4-0.
Their goal came courtesy of Savannah Reichl, who's now up to ten this season.
South Lake dropped their record down to 2-7-1 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Springstead, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-6.
Everything went Springstead's way against South Lake in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, as Springstead made off with a 6-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Springstead 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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