Cleveland is on a four-game streak of home losses, Cibola a seven-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change on Saturday. The Cleveland Storm will welcome the Cibola Cougars at 11:00 a.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Cleveland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Rio Rancho, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Cleveland was ranked 18th). Cleveland fell just short of Rio Rancho by a score of 1-0 on Wednesday. Craig Armijo was hit with a yellow card, which may have had some impact on his (and the team's) ability to make aggressive plays.
Meanwhile, Cibola didn't have quite enough to beat Highland on Thursday and fell 3-2. That's two games in a row now that the Cougars have lost by just one goal.
Cleveland's loss dropped their record down to 8-6-1. As for Cibola, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-13.
Cleveland skirted past Cibola 3-2 in their previous meeting back in September. Does Cleveland have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cibola turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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