The Manhattan Indians will face off against the Northwest Grizzlies on Tuesday. Manhattan has given up an average of 3.5 goals per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Manhattan is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to five goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Washburn Rural on Thursday. They lost 7-1 to the Blues. While losing is never fun, Manhattan can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas soccer rankings (they are ranked 76th, while Washburn Rural are ranked first).
Meanwhile, Northwest sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 5-4 victory over Heights on Thursday. Northwest haven't had any issues with Heights recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
Manhattan's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7-2. As for Northwest, their victory bumped their record up to 4-7-2.
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