Soccer Preview: Streaking Cleveland Faces Slumping Mcdaniel

The Cleveland Warriors will be playing at home against the McDaniel Mountain Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Cleveland has three straight wins, McDaniel has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.

Cleveland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Oregon's top teams: Franklin, who was ranked 13th at the time (Cleveland was ranked sixth). The Warriors' defense stepped up to hand the Lightning a 1-0 shutout on Tuesday. Give Cleveland's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.

Meanwhile, McDaniel didn't have quite enough to beat Grant on Tuesday and fell 2-1.

McDaniel's defeat dropped their record down to 7-3-3. As for Cleveland, they have now won five of their last six games at home. That run has powered them to a 9-0-3 record this season.