Minneapolis Southwest is 8-1 against Roosevelt since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Minneapolis Southwest Lakers will host the Roosevelt Teddies at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Minneapolis Southwest's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Chaska 1-0. Given the Lakers' advantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota soccer rankings (they are ranked 19th, while the Hawks are ranked 60th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Roosevelt). Everything went their way against Camden on Tuesday as Roosevelt made off with an 8-0 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Teddies considering their one-goal performance the game before.
Roosevelt was without their leading scorer, Farhan Muohamed, in Tuesday's contest. With Muohamed sidelined, Obie Esparza got his first action of the season.
Minneapolis Southwest's win bumped their record up to 6-4-1. As for Roosevelt, their victory bumped their record up to 3-5-4.
Minneapolis Southwest beat Roosevelt by a goal in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 1-0. Will Minneapolis Southwest repeat their success, or does Roosevelt have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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