The Cleveland Storm are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Farmington Scorpions at 6:00 p.m. Cleveland is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.
Cleveland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Cibola, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Cleveland was ranked 13th). Cleveland's defense stepped up to hand Cibola a 2-0 shutout on Saturday. Aliyah C'DeBaca had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Storm.
Meanwhile, Farmington's and Rio Rancho's matchup on Saturday was close at halftime, but Farmington turned on the heat in the second half with two goals. Farmington put the hurt on Rio Rancho with a sharp 3-0 victory. The Scorpions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by three goals or more this season.
Cleveland is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. As for Farmington, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 10-6-1.
Cleveland beat Farmington by a goal in their previous meeting two weeks ago, winning 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cleveland since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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