Soccer Game Preview: Simley Plays at Home

By Team Reports Sep 18, 2024, 1:05am

Soccer Preview: Simley vs. North

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Simley has gone 7-2 against North recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Simley Spartans will look to defend their home pitch against the North Polars at 5:00 p.m. North took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Simley, who comes in off a win.

Simley's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Roosevelt by a score of 2-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Spartans were the better team in the second half.

Meanwhile, North was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost 7-0 to Two Rivers. While losing is never fun, the Polars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota soccer rankings (they are ranked 160th, while the Warriors are ranked 31st).

Simley has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2-1 record this season. As for North, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7-1.

Everything went Simley's way against North in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Simley made off with a 9-0 victory. Will Simley repeat their success, or does North have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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