The Garfield Bulldogs will challenge the Roosevelt Rough Riders at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Garfield has struggled recently with seven losses in a row, while Roosevelt will arrive with three straight wins.
Garfield is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Bell on Friday. Garfield fell just short of Bell by a score of 1-0. That's two games in a row now that the Bulldogs have lost by just one goal.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt kept a clean sheet against South East on Friday. They skirted past the Jaguars 1-0. Given the Rough Riders' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 108th, while the Jaguars are ranked 351st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Roosevelt's one-goal win came courtesy of Patcy Bernal, who's now up to 14 this season.
Garfield's defeat dropped their record down to 0-9-2. As for Roosevelt, they pushed their record up to 11-0-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Garfield came up short against Roosevelt when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 4-2. Can Garfield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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