Soccer Preview: Cleveland vs. Rio Rancho
The Cleveland Storm will challenge the Rio Rancho Rams at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Cleveland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Volcano Vista, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Cleveland was ranked 16th). Cleveland fell 2-0 to Volcano Vista on Wednesday. The Storm have struggled against the Hawks recently, as their game on Wednesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Rio Rancho hasn't lost a match since August 27th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Piedra Vista a 1-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Rams were the better team in the second half.
Cleveland's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-7-2. As for Rio Rancho, their victory bumped their record up to 16-2-1.
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