Out-of-Door Academy and Bradenton Christian are an even 4-4-2 against one another since January of 2017, but likely not for long. The Out-of-Door Academy Thunder will welcome the Bradenton Christian Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Out-of-Door Academy has three straight victories, Bradenton Christian has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
If Bradenton Christian heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Out-of-Door Academy took over last week. Out-of-Door Academy had just enough and edged Cardinal Mooney out 2-1 on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Thunder have won by just one goal.
Josey Rubinstein and Noah Rodriquez scored both of Out-of-Door Academy's goals, bringing their combined season tally to four goals.
Meanwhile, Bradenton Christian fell victim to Southeast and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They came up short against the Seminoles, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 544th, while the Seminoles are ranked 269th).
Out-of-Door Academy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-1-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 26 goals over those six contests. As for Bradenton Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9-1.
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