Soccer Preview: Denver North vs. Denver South
Denver North is 8-0 against Denver South since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. It'll be Northside v. Southside when the Denver North Vikings' and the Denver South Ravens meet at 6:30 p.m. Denver North will be strutting in after a win while Denver South will be coming in after a loss.
Denver North will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Thursday, then bounced right back against Hinkley on Tuesday. Denver North put the hurt on Hinkley with a sharp 5-2 victory. The result was nothing new for the Vikings, who have now won five matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Denver South didn't have quite enough to beat Denver East on Tuesday and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Ravens can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 77th, while the Angels are ranked fourth).
Denver South's goal came courtesy of
Anuar Saenz, who's now up to two this season.
Denver North has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Denver South, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-5-1.
Denver North came out on top in a nail-biter against Denver South in their previous matchup back in October of 2022, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Denver North since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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