Men's Soccer Narrowly Falls to Northwest Iowa, DCTC

The Anoka-Ramsey Men's Soccer team started the 2025 season by hosting Northwest Iowa, and narrowly fell 3-2 against the NJCAA Division II squad.

Northwest Iowa scored early to take a 1-0 lead, but the Golden Rams fend off additional attacks and still trailed 1-0 at half.

Guillermo Vargas got Anoka-Ramsey on the board in the second half, tying the score 1-1.  But the Thunder responded quickly, finding the back of the net to go back ahead 2-1.

Northwest Iowa would tack on another goal for a 3-1 lead, and the Golden Rams made things interesting after a beautiful goal from Fawzan Boukari pulled them within 3-2.

The Thunder though held on for the victory.

Anoka-Ramsey then traveled to Dakota County Tech on September 1 where they fell 2-0.