The Northwest Wolves are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Urbandale J-Hawks at 7:30 p.m. Urbandale took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Northwest, who comes in off a win.
Northwest is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Iowa's top teams: Prairie, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Northwest was ranked 22nd). Northwest's defense stepped up to hand Prairie a 2-0 shutout on Saturday. Give Northwest's defense some credit: that's the team's sixth straight shutout.
Abdullah Iqbal and
Aiden McGinness scored both of Northwest's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Urbandale's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Dallas Center-Grimes.
Northwest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Urbandale, they now have a losing record at 6-7.
Everything went Northwest's way against Urbandale in their previous meeting back in May of 2023 as Northwest made off with a 6-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northwest 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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