Soccer Game Preview: Cleveland on Home-Turf

By Team Reports Sep 11, 2024, 2:58am

Soccer Preview: Cleveland vs. Los Alamos

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Cleveland has gone 6-0 against Los Alamos recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Cleveland Storm will host the Los Alamos Hilltoppers at 4:00 p.m.

Cleveland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Eldorado, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Cleveland was ranked 15th). Cleveland fell just short of Eldorado by a score of 2-1 on Friday. The Storm have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, Los Alamos' matchup on Tuesday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. Their defense stepped up to hand Santa Fe a 3-0 shutout. Give the Hilltoppers' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.

Cleveland's loss dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Los Alamos, they now have a winning record of 3-2-1.

Cleveland took their victory against Los Alamos when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 4-1. Does Cleveland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Los Alamos turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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