Moments from Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship games
Hope Christian’s Mechi Garbarino, left, and Volcano Vista’s Lara Shelle battle for possession during the Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship on Friday at the APS Complex.
Hope Cristian player Bryson Fankam ,8, brings her leg back to kick the ball during the Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship game against Volcano Vista at the APS Complex on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.
Hope Christian players Nikki Dountas, left, and Hailey Sanchez, right, pray with their team after winning the girl’s Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship at the APS Complex on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.
Hope Christian player Mason Ricker, right, heads down the field with the ball during the Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship game against Volcano Vista at the APS Complex on Sept. 5, 2025.
Hope Christian players celebrate winning the Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship against Volcano Vista on Friday at the APS Complex.
Volcano Vista player Jayde Abraham,left, and Hope Christian player Nikki Dountas, right, both attempts to kick the ball during the Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship at the APS Complex on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.
Hope Christian and Volcano Vista players warm up before the girl’s Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship game at the APS Complex on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.
La Cueva's Jonah Grega, left, and Rio Grande's Kevin Trejo, eye the ball during the Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship on Friday at the APS Complex.
Rio Grande player Miguel Guillermo waits to kick the ball during the Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship at the APS Complex on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.
La Cueva players celebrate winning the Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship on Friday at the APS Complex.
La Cueva player Owen McDaniel warms up with his team before the boy’s Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship game against Rio Grande at the APS Complex on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.
La Cueva player Christian Gerhardt, center, heads down the field with the ball during the game against Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship game against Rio Grande at the APS Complex, Sept. 5, 2025.
La Cueva player Brice Clark heads down the field with the ball during the Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship game against Rio Grande at the APS Complex on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.
The ball heads past La Cueva player Brice Clark, left, and Rio Grande players Fabian Leyva, center, and Angel Hernandez, right, during the Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championship game at the APS Complex on Sept. 5, 2025.