Soccer Preview: Roosevelt vs. Northside
The Roosevelt Rough Riders will venture away from home to square off against the Northside Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Roosevelt is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Roosevelt is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals last Friday, they were much more limited against Lane Tech on Monday. They came up short against the Champions, falling 9-1. While losing is never fun, the Rough Riders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois soccer rankings (they are ranked 352nd, while the Champions are ranked 56th).
Meanwhile, Northside didn't have quite enough to beat Chicago Academy on Tuesday and fell 3-2. One thing that didn't help the Mustangs' chances was the red card they were dealt courtesy of Anton Zenovsky.
Filip Zakrzewski wasn't going to let Chicago Academy walk away unscathed as he scored both of Northside's goals, bringing his season total up to four goals.
Roosevelt's loss dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Northside, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-5.
Roosevelt came up short against Northside in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Roosevelt avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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