Roosevelt is 1-9 against Santiago since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Roosevelt Mustangs are taking a road trip to take on the Santiago Sharks at 6:30 p.m. Roosevelt is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Roosevelt's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against King as Roosevelt made off with a 4-0 win. The high-scoring effort was just what the Mustangs needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
They hit King with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Avery Mendez (2), Siena Salazar, and Brooklyn Musser.
Meanwhile, Santiago waltzed into their game on Tuesday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 victory over the Huskies. Given the Sharks' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked third, while the Huskies are ranked 220th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Santiago pushed their record up to 15-1-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 15 goals over those four matchups. As for Roosevelt, their victory bumped their record up to 13-3-5.
Roosevelt came up short against Santiago when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 4-2. Can Roosevelt avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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