The Red Raider Men's Soccer program prepares for a tough Pizza Ranch Classic weekend as they face Bethel College (Ind.) and Trinity Christian College (Ill.) on Friday and Saturday respectively. The 10th annual Pizza Ranch Classic has seen many visiting teams come from many locations over the years and this year is no different. Bethel has not visited Northwestern in their two previous matchups and Trinity Christian last visited NWC in 2012 for that season's Pizza Ranch Classic.

Scouting Bethel (1-1-1) 
The Raiders traveled to Bethel last season and lost 3-2 on the road. The Pilots are currently 1-1-1 on the year with their win coming against Cornerstone University and their draw coming against 18th ranked Central Methodist University. Bethel has only 3 goals on the season, all from their first game against Cornerstone. Lucas Moreira has accounted for 2 of those 3 goals while Jose Barquin has the other goal. Moreira, a senior, has 15 career goals while Barquin, a sophomore, has 7 goals in his career. 

The Pilots have returning starter Philip Keller in net for 2018. The senior has amassed 8 shutouts in his career and has 138 total saves. He has 1 shutout over 3 games this season and has allowed 4 goals while making 15 saves. 

Scouting Trinity Christian (0-2)

The Trolls are 0-2 on the young seasons with losses to Taylor University (Ind.) and Siena Heights University (Mich.) 0-3 and 0-1 respectively. The Trolls have only had 11 shots total on the season and only 4 of those have come on goal.

Mathis Muller, the Troll's goalkeeper, has 11 saves on the year and has a .733 save percentage. 

Scouting Northwestern (1-0)

The Red Raiders have been lead in their early season by a variety of players on the offensive side of the ball. The Raiders have a total of 39 shots with 26 of them coming on goal. Northwestern has scored 8 goals in two games and only allowed 3 to this point. Breno Fabbri has 2 goals and 6 other Raiders have a goal so far on the season. Tyler Limmer leads the team in assists with 3.

Matt Scott has been strong in goal having 6 saves on the year with 3 goals against. He has also had strong play in front of him with Connor Tupper, Jacobo Garcia-Nieto, Ben Hengst all playing 180 minutes on the back line.

Kickoff Information

Friday, August 31- 5pm Kickoff vs. Bethel - Watch Live
Saturday, September 1- 5pm Kickoff vs. Trinity Christian - Watch Live