The Universal Academy Falcons will face off against the Sports Leadership & Management Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Universal Academy came up short against Bishop McLaughlin Catholic on Tuesday, falling 5-2. Things were pretty much settled by the half as the Falcons were already down 3-0.
Meanwhile, Sports Leadership & Management and Cambridge Christian met for a duel two weeks ago where Sports Leadership & Management had to take the L. Sports Leadership & Management took a 5-3 hit to the loss column at the hands of Cambridge Christian. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Lancers are ranked 17th).
Universal Academy dropped their record down to 2-5 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Sports Leadership & Management, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-4-1.
Universal Academy suffered a grim 8-4 defeat to Sports Leadership & Management in their previous matchup back in November. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Universal Academy was down 5-0.
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