High School Soccer Pairings

The boys state soccer tournament kicks off Thursday in Mandan with pool play The Minot High Magicians come in as the defending state champions and are coming off the west region tournament where the team defeated Mandan in a state qualifying game on Saturday The Magicians are excited about the pool their playing in and feel they are playing their best soccer of the season Matt Pfau MHS soccer coach It s pretty well a wide open tournament but I feel like we re in a pretty good pool I lean to Century and South as maybe the favorites and they ended up in the same pool so I think that will definitely help us Offensively we just have to play a pressure offense and try to win the possession battle and have the ball more than the other team Defensively its just limit your mistakes and goal keeping has been fine we just gotta limit our mistakes on the defense Nathan Christensen senior I think we have a really good chance this weekend because Century s really not in there and Fargo South s isn t in there because we have had trouble with them in the past But I think we got a really good chance this weekend Brock Goosens senior I think as a team we need to connect better Get everyone involved in the plays including the defense hooking up with the midfields and the forwards and then finishing goals ultimately and keeping a shutout BOYS STATE SOCCER TOURNAMENT - MANDAN THURSDAY-2 00 P M CENTURY VS FARGO SHANLEY FARGO SOUTH VS JAMESTOWN 4 00 P M GF RED RIVER VS MINOT BISMARCK VS FARGO NORTH FRIDAY-9 00 A M JAMESTOWN VS FARGO SHANLEY FARGO SOUTH VS CENTURY 11 00 A M FARGO NORTH VS MINOT BISMARCK VS GF RED RIVER 3 00 P M CENTURY VS JAMESTOWN FARGO SOUTH VS FARGO SHANLEY 5 00 P M GF RED RIVER VS FARGO NORTH BISMARCK VS MINOT SATURDAY-3 00 P M - CHAMPIONSHIP 1 00 P M - 3RD PLACE 5TH PLACE GAMES