Upset, a commonly used sports term, carried two meanings after Northfield toppled Mankato West 3-0 on Monday in the Class 1A semifinals.

The No. 5 seed Raiders (16-3-3) upset the top-seeded Scarlets (18-3) and avenged a 1-0 loss on Sept. 26. How they kept Mr. Soccer recipient Jacob Makela off the scoresheet, however, drew coach Leonard Woelfel’s ire.

Beyond sending two and sometimes three players after Makela, standard practice for team this fall, “It was kind of persistent infringement of the rules,” Woelfel said. “A little push here, a little shove there, cleats up from behind.”

Raiders’ coach Scott Wopata objected, saying the two times Makela got hit were in the process of a Northfield player going for the ball.

“We just try to play clean,” Raiders goalkeeper Cristian Fuentes-Rivera said. “If there’s a foul on him, that happens. That’s the game of soccer. People foul each other, get up and keep on moving forward.”

Makela, who scored 44 this season, said Monday’s rematch “probably” was more physical than the regular-season game but added, “It’s the biggest stage in the whole entire state, everything’s going to be a little more physical, more amped up.”

Goals from Matteo Lombardo and Thomas Gallagher in the first 16 minutes put Northfield in control. Lombardo, an exchange student from Italy, added a second-half goal. And to think he contemplated sitting out soccer this fall.

“Now I’ve scored twice in U.S. Bank Stadium,” Lombardo said. “That’s pretty amazing.”

Northfield toppled top seed Mankato West 3-0 in the Class 1A semifinals Monday at U.S. Bank Stadium.

The No. 5 seed Raiders (16-3-3) upset the Scarlets (18-3) thanks to two goals from Matteo Lombardo.

With the victory, Northfield advances to play in the championship game at 10 a.m. Thursday. The Raiders face the winner of the second semifinal between No. 2 seed Blake and No. 3 St. Thomas Academy.

Mankato West defeated Northfield 1-0 on Sept. 26 but the Raiders got the one that counted. And they kept Mr. Soccer recipient Jacob Makela off the scoresheet.

The Raiders last made the final in 2004 when they finished second in state for a third consecutive season.

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