The Fort Myers Green Wave are taking a road trip to square off against the Ida Baker Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Fort Myers' offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Fort Myers is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Mariner on Tuesday. Fort Myers fell just short of Mariner by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Green Wave can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 182nd, while the Tritons are ranked tenth).
Meanwhile, Ida Baker came up short against Gateway on Tuesday and fell 5-3.
Ida Baker's defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 1-1-1 and their overall record down to 6-5-2. As for Fort Myers, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5-1.
Fort Myers beat Ida Baker by a goal in their previous meeting back in January, winning 2-1. Does Fort Myers have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ida Baker turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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