The Tarpon Springs Spongers and the Pinellas Park Patriots will compete for holiday cheer at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Tarpon Springs' offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for six straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Tarpon Springs fell victim to Palm Harbor University and their airtight defense on Friday. They lost 8-0 to the Hurricanes. While losing is never fun, the Spongers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 449th, while the Hurricanes are ranked 13th).
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last game, Pinellas Park made sure to put some goals up on the board against Gibbs on Tuesday. They blew past the Gladiators 7-1. Considering the Patriots have won three contests by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Gibbs with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Jose Agudelo (2), Omar Saucedo (2), Samuel Cariaco (2), and Geovanni Tepetate.
Pinellas Park has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 4-4-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 14 goals over those four games. As for Tarpon Springs, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
Everything went Tarpon Springs' way against Pinellas Park when the teams last played back in November of 2014, as Tarpon Springs made off with a 5-0 win. Will Tarpon Springs repeat their success, or does Pinellas Park have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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