Cocoa hasn't had much luck against Space Coast recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Tigers will look to take advantage of their home pitch for the first time this season as they take on the Vipers at 7:00 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
It was a proper cat-fight when Cocoa duked it out with Heritage last Tuesday. Neither the Tigers nor the Panthers could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw. The result (or lack thereof) marked Cocoa's first draw of the season.
Their goal came courtesy of Dani Lopez, which was the first she's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Space Coast had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it five last Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the War Eagles a 1-0 shutout. Aliyah Brown had to tread lightly for part of the match after she was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble Space Coast got from the refs.
With that draw, Cocoa's record moves to 2-0-1. As for Space Coast, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
Cocoa might still be hurting after the 8-0 defeat they got from Space Coast in their previous meeting back in January. Will the Tigers have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
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