The Lake Buena Vista Vipers will face off against the Gateway Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Lake Buena Vista is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Sebring a 4-0 shutout. The win was some much needed relief for the Vipers as it spelled an end to their seven-game losing streak.
Meanwhile, Gateway had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They walked away with a 5-3 victory over the Hawks. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while the Hawks are ranked 234th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gateway hit Lake Minneola with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Alejandro Rivero (2), Jospeh Ramirez, Luis Moreno, and Adrian Rodriguez.
Gateway pushed their record up to 15-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 17 goals over those three matchups. As for Lake Buena Vista, their victory bumped their record up to 5-11-2.
Lake Buena Vista suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Gateway in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. Can Lake Buena Vista avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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