It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Maricopa can now relate to. They fell just short of the Cienega Bobcats by a score of 1-0 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Bobcats are ranked 31st).
Maricopa's loss dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Cienega, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Maricopa does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Cienega, they will head out on the road to square off against Sierra Linda at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Sierra Linda is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season.
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