Game Time... The Northwestern College men's soccer team will host Concordia this weekend for one of four quarterfinal matches in the 2020-21 Great Plains Athletic Conference postseason tournament. Saturday's game will be held on Korver Field and is set to start at 7pm. 

 GPAC Quarterfinal Info:
No.4 seed Northwestern (8-3 GPAC, 11-5) vs No.5 seed Concordia Bulldogs (7-2-2 GPAC, 10-5-2)
Saturday, April 10th | 7pm
Korver Field | Orange City, Iowa
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Tickets: Admission - $10 for adults/senior citizens, $3 for K-12; only those with NAIA passes and GPAC Student ID's will be admitted free of charge.

2020 GPAC Men's Soccer Postseason Tournament Bracket...The winner of the GPAC Tournament will advance, as the league's second automatic representative, to the NAIA National Men's Soccer National Championship Opening Round (on April 22-24).  If the regular season champion (Morningside) wins the Tournament, the regular season runner-up (Briar Cliff) will receive the second NAIA berth to the postseason. 

The NAIA Men's Soccer National Championship Final Site is in Columbia County, Georgia, May 4-10, 2021, at Blanchard Woods Park.    

Saturday, April 10, 2021
Quarterfinal Round
#8 Dakota Wesleyan at #1 Morningside, 1pm
#5 Concordia at #4 Northwestern, 7pm
#6 Jamestown at #3 Hastings, 1pm
#7 Doane at #2 Briar Cliff, 1 pm
(Times subject to change)

Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Semifinal Round- High Seeds Host
#8/#1 winner vs. #5/#4 winner, high seed hosts, time TBA
#6/#3 winner vs. #7/#2 winner, high seed hosts, time TBA

Friday, April 16, 2021
GPAC Postseason Championship
Semifinal winners at highest seed remaining, time TBA

The Rivalry...Northwestern holds a 17-14-2 advantage in the all-time series, dating back to the 1995 season, the first year of the Raiders soccer program. Northwestern has dropped its last two matches and is just 2-7-1 in its last 10 games against Concordia. The Raiders last win over the Bulldogs was a 2-1 home victory in 2017.

Earlier This Season...Northwestern was shutout by the Bulldogs, 4-0, in a game played in Seward, Neb. on Sept. 26. Trailing 1-0 at halftime, Concordia put three in the back of the net over the final 45 minutes, two by Garrett Perry, who also scored in the first half and recorded the hat trick. Federico Andrea Simonetti totaled five saves and earned the shutout win. 

The Raiders had 10 total shots, five on frame, led by Brennan Haggerty with two.

Scouting Reports...

    Concordia Bulldogs:
    2020 record: 7-2-2 (5th GPAC), 10-5-2 overall
        -most recent: def. Midland 4-2 on April 2; 1-2 this spring
    Head Coach: Jason Weides (13th year)
        -most wins in program history
        -played for Concordia
    By the Numbers:
        goals / game: 2.4 (6th)
        shots on goal / game: 6.9 
        goals vs / game: 1.4 (4th)
    Individual Leaders:
        Garrett Perry (2x all-conf) - 5 goals, 4 assists
        Moises Jacobo (2x all-conf) - 5 goals, 4 assists
        Ryan Wokutch - 4 goals, 2 assists
        Federico Andrea Simonetti - 48 saves, 1.2 goals against

    Northwestern Raiders:
    2020: 8-3 (4th in GPAC), 11-5 overall
        -most recent: lost to Viterbo 1-0 on March 31, 1-2 this spring
    2020 conference record: 8-3 (4th GPAC)
    Head Coach: Dan Swier (13th year)
        -owns best win percentage (54%)
        -most wins in program history (125)
    By the Numbers:
        goals / game: 1.9 (7th)
        shots on goal / game: 7.4 (4th)
        goals against / game: 1.4 (5th)
    Individual Leaders:
        Juan Mackrey: 7 goals (T10th), 3 assists
        James Bolger (all-conf): 7 goals (T10th), 2 assists
        Joshua Wingfield: 3 goals, 1 assist
        Philippe Patri: 3 goals, 3 assists
        Ezekiel Foltz (all-conf): 23 goals against, 78 saves, 1.5 goals vs