Soccer Game Preview: Roosevelt vs. South Gate

The Roosevelt Rough Riders will head out to face off against the South Gate Rams at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

Roosevelt is headed into Friday's following a draw, the team's first since December 4. Neither they nor Garfield could gain the upper hand on Monday so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw. There's a chance things could've gone differently had the Rough Riders not been charged with a red card from Alejandro Santana.

Roosevelt's goal came courtesy of Christopher Salas, who's now up to 12 this season.

Meanwhile, South Gate hasn't lost a match since December 28, 2024, a trend which continued in their latest game on Wednesday. They won by a goal and slipped past Huntington Park 2-1. Given the Rams' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 250th, while the Spartans are ranked 807th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

With that draw, Roosevelt's record moves to 4-9-2. As for South Gate, their win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-5-3.

Roosevelt came out on top in a nail-biter against South Gate when the teams last played back in January of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. Will Roosevelt repeat their success, or does South Gate have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.