Soccer Preview: Cleveland vs. Piedra Vista
Cleveland is 4-0 against Piedra Vista since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Cleveland Storm have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Piedra Vista Panthers at 6:00 p.m. Cleveland is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.9 goals per game this season.
Cleveland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Farmington, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Cleveland was ranked 16th). Cleveland had just enough and edged Farmington out 3-2. Arissa C'DeBaca had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Storm.
Meanwhile, Piedra Vista's and Cibola's game on Saturday was close at halftime, but Piedra Vista turned on the heat in the second half with two goals. Piedra Vista's defense stepped up to hand Cibola a 3-0 shutout.
Cleveland's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-6. As for Piedra Vista, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-3.
Cleveland was able to grind out a solid victory over Piedra Vista in their previous meeting back in October of 2017, winning 2-0. Does Cleveland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Piedra Vista turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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