Next stop: state championship
Published 3:00 am Thursday, July 23, 2015
Dante Lopez of the Albert Lea U13 boys’ soccer team attempts to keep the ball out of the box as goalie Jake Prihoda looks on Tuesday during a 4-2 win over the Somali Youth team at the state tournament in Shakopee. Albert Lea, which lost only one game in the regular season, will face Plymouth in the championship game at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Shakopee Soccer Complex. After falling against Monticello 2-3 on Monday, the win over the Somali Youth team qualified Albert Lea for the state championship. Albert Lea is coached by Spencer Dahl. Team members are Lopez, Ryker Rofshus, Jose Rodriguez, Lei Htoo, Danny Bermudez, Noah Probst, Ian Williams, Logan Schumaker, Caden Stevens, Samuel Yoon, Cole Indrelie, Erick Palomo, Anthony Armstrong and Prihoda. — Provided