The New Mexico Storm Press Box!

> March 31, 2005 - AISL Newswire
The AISL appoints Tami Pacheco to VP of Marketing and National Partnerships. I am confident that Tami has all the tools needed to give the AISL a higher national presence.
Her creativity and passion to bring the AISL to a higher level is obvious. She now has the AISL's full support in tapping into the markets that are the heartbeat of professional indoor soccer in this country.

Welcome aboard Tami!

Commissioner,
Paul lapointe

> March 15, 2005 - AISL Newswire
WOW!! What a weekend in New Mexico when the Storm faced off with the Excite for a playoff game that would give either team a birth to the first ever AISL championship match in Canada against the Stars on March 19th.

It was a battle right from the start with both teams out of the gate on fire. The New Mexico home crowd electrified the atmosphere to help break down the Excites game plan. The match ended up 5 to 3 in favor of the Excite. This game will go down in the archives of the AISL as the most exciting game of the year. Congratulations to both teams.

> March 07, 2005 - New Mexico
The New Mexico Storm thundered over the Canadian Border Stars in a 6 - 3 victory at their home Saturday night in New Mexico. The roaring crowd cheered for the leading scorer "Vasko" for bringing home three of the six goals. Rookie Mike Bellow wowed the crowd with his showboating and hit a beautiful goal cementing his place on the team. Captain Todd Padgett kept his team going with a beautiful goal to further fire up the Border Stars and Dio Cifuni capped off the night and sealed the Canadian teams fate with his outstanding goal.

Players of the game go to Goalie Big Dan Huerta, who minutes into the third quarter took a crushing kick to the face and came up with a save and no teeth. Rushed to the oral surgeon right away, his teeth were sewn back in, and all Big Dan could ask was "will I be able to play next Saturday"? That's taking one for the team!!! Get yourself well Danny, We'll be here for you!! After Big Dan was taken off the field, Goalie Stewart Richardson stepped up to the box with three tremendous saves in the third and fourth quarter. What a night to shine for Stewart and our hats are off to him for keeping the Stars at bay.

The Storm now gears up for the match of the season with Cincinnati in what promises to be the game of the year. The winner of this game travels to Canada for a chance to win the cup!!! The Storm and The Excite are both looking for a win, so it looks like another intense night of soccer in the AISL!!!

Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez will be kicking out the first ball and Saturday night is Albuquerque Police and Fire Department night. In honor of our men and women in blue, all PD and FD will get in free of charge!!

> February 19, 2005 - West Springfield, MA
On February 19th The New Mexico Storm faced off with the Mass Twisters at the Coliseum in West Springfield Massachusetts. The Largest crowd of the season for the Twisters checked in with a game that featured, make some noise night! The first 300 fans were issued thunder sticks to support the home team. WOW! did they ever. 1200 plus was on hand to see the Twisters and the Storm show case the Talent of the AISL. Both teams were on fire and came out with all guns loaded. The Twisters were fired up behind Player coach # 7 Rob Libera who has been with the Twisters since 1998. Libera informed his team mates this would be his last game with the squad for some time. How fitting for Libera who will be missed to bang in the game winner infront of his home crowd. The Twisters won 7-5 in a rough match that could spoil the chances for the Storm to chase the cup. # 7 Libera was MVP of the Match.

> February 11, 2005 - New Mexico
Twisters ousted from AISL cup chase. The New Mexico Storm took the wind out of the Mass Twisters this weekend in New Mexico at the Plex. The capacity crowd was behind the Storm all the way. Coach Clinch of the Storm said "Finally my team looks like they have come together." The struggling Twisters find themselves for the first time in years not contending for a title. The match ended up 4 to 1 in favor of the Storm. This puts the Storm right in the hunt for the AISL cup.

Out in Cincinnati the Border Stars took on the the home team Excite and came up with a win 7 to 5. This puts the Excite in a must win situation for the remainder of the season. The Storm will travel to Massachusetts this weekend for a critical match to remain in contention. The Stars host an exhibition match with London Canada of the CPSL, a AISL hopeful for next season.

The Chase is on! for the AISL cup.

> January 29, 2005 - West Springfield, MA
The Mass Twisters break through their losing streak, in front of their best crowd of the season. The action packed night, that featured a benefit game for Molly Bish and save the children was a success. Mike Russo of the Twisters, a power forward found the net twice early in the match and put the Twisters on a spinning course to victory. The Storm kicked up the pace at half time when coach Peter Clinch intensified his crew to find the back of the net. Brent Dillard, head coach of the Twisters had other thoughts in mind, "A shut out" and that is exactly what happened. The Twisters suddenly changed their defense and took all options away from New Mexico for scoring chances. Phil Torres, the Twisters Keeper had 21 saves and The Twisters won 8 to 0. Mark Buschini, Dan Parks with 2 goals, Manny Goncalves and Andrew Heald all tallied goals to lock in the Twisters first win.

Phil Torres: mvp player of the match.

> January 22, 2005 - New Mexico
Tami Pecheco of the New Mexico Storm starts off with standing room only and packs the house, when they faced off with the 2nd place Cincinnati Excite in New Mexico. The Storm players were so pumped up in front their first time home crowd, losing was not acceptable. This game is what the AISL is all about. End to end indoor soccer action with a great family atmosphere. Tami has endured all obstacles in that market, and has proved her staff, team and market are winners. The Storm knocked off the Excite 8 to 5 and now put themselves right smack in the hunt for the AISL cup.

> January 8, 2005 - West Springfield, MA
The New Mexico Storm touched down in Michigan to face off with the Border Stars in Canada. The capacity crowd was behind the home team all the way. The Storm had a rough start adjusting to the Stars team right from the get go. The match ended up 14 to 4 in favor of the the Stars. The Stars now 2 and 0 tied with the Excite play for the top spot in the league standings this weekend. The Storm look for their first win at home on January 22nd when they face off with the Excite. "Playing at this level, our first match I knew would be a great challenge for this young team " Coach Clinch of the Storm responds"

It was an exciting game to watch with many players involved in the goal scoring. Dave Dwaihy scored 4 goals and had 2 assists, Tino Scicluna had 3 goals and 2 assist, Tati Errecalde added 2 goals and 4 assists. Alan Placek had a shut out in his minutes of game time. With a few of the other players taking part in increasing the lead, it was a great team effort by all with the goal scoring almost going full circle.

> November 2004
NM announced today it's Coach of the Year, none other than our very own Pete Clinch. Pete was born in Coventry, England and played soccer in elementary school and highschool. He was the captain of the team and represented Coventry School Boys Select, which is comprised of the top 15 players. He also represented his country and was a pro school player and a division one player. He was signed by Oxford United at the age of 16 where he played for 10 years.

In 1976, Pete signed with the Boston Minute Men and came to America to play. During the season he was injured and forced to stop playing, so he decided to come to New Mexico where he had relatives.
Pete has been in New Mexico coaching for 27 years, all levels, men and women. He has coached at Academy, a elite private school for 17 years. During his tenure at Academy his boys have made State finals every year. He has been named Coach of the year 8 times and Regional Coach once. He has also coached for The Rio Grande Youth Soccer Club for 10 years and during that time he graduated 150 girls to college programs. During that time the level of performance was so outstanding amounst these girls that the combined dollar amount of scholarships for womens soccer was close to 3 million. That was unheard of in that time and Pete was responsible for helping change the face of girls soccer.

In 2004, Pete coached the Asylum, a start up outdoor semi-pro team, to the playoffs in their first season. In late summer 2004, Pete made the decision to join the NM Storm, and move to a different level of the game. Pete say's he's very excited about the opportunity to be part of a professional organization and looks forward to this new chapter in his life.