The Roosevelt Roughriders will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Valley Vikings at 6:00 p.m. Roosevelt will be strutting in after a victory while Valley will be coming in after a defeat.
Roosevelt will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal two weeks ago, then bounced right back against Sterling last Tuesday. Roosevelt put the hurt on Sterling with a sharp 7-2 win. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 4-0.
Roosevelt hit Sterling with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Michael Hernandez (3),
Isaac Moralez (2), and
Aaron Arreola.
Meanwhile, Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They came up short against Stargate School, falling 10-0. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 189th, while the Eagles are ranked 14th).
Roosevelt's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2-1. As for Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
Roosevelt was able to grind out a solid win over Valley in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 4-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Roosevelt since the squad 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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