The Doral Academy Firebirds will head out on the road to square off against the Cypress Bay Lightning at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Doral Academy sitting on three straight victories and Cypress Bay on seven.
Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only Doral Academy walked away with it. Their defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 2-0 shutout on Tuesday. Doral Academy's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matches.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Rachel Brown and
Catherine Cabrera, who scored both of Doral Academy's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 27 so far this season.
In what's become a running theme this season, Cypress Bay gave their fans yet another huge victory on Tuesday. They blew past Flanagan 7-0. Given Cypress Bay's advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 23rd, while Flanagan is ranked 126th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Doral Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-6-3 record this season. As for Cypress Bay, their victory bumped their record up to 15-0-4.
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