The Gateway Eagles will face off against the Palmetto Ridge Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Gateway will be strutting in after a win while Palmetto Ridge will be coming in after a loss.
Palmetto Ridge will be up against a hot Gateway team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Gateway never let Island Coast onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory on Friday. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 191st, while the Gators are ranked 581st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Palmetto Ridge fell victim to Fort Myers and their airtight defense on Friday. They fell just short of the Green Wave by a score of 1-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Bears in their matchups with the Green Wave: they've now lost eight in a row.
Palmetto Ridge's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-10-5. As for Gateway, their win bumped their record up to 13-6-3.
Gateway came up short against Palmetto Ridge when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 3-1. Can Gateway avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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