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Soccer notes: ABQ Metro Championship to start earlier, more games at APS Complex
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The Albuquerque Metro Soccer Championships are getting an early start this year.
Pool play usually begins on a Monday; this season, it begins on Saturday, Aug. 26. Pool play for the boys will be Aug. 26/28/30. Pool play for the girls will be Aug. 26/29/31.
APS is keeping Sept. 1 and 2 open to make up any pool-play games at the APS Complex that get delayed or postponed by the summer monsoons, which have begun this week in earnest.
Bracket play is the second week, with championship games on Friday, Sept. 8.
APS has scheduled an additional 70 games at the APS Complex this season. This is due to the new bell schedule APS set up for its high schools.
Campuses which previously had the ability to host doubleheaders on a weekday — Albuquerque High, Cibola, Del Norte, Eldorado, Manzano, Rio Grande and Volcano Vista — won’t have that chance going forward because students are getting out of class much later than they were last year and there would not be enough daylight to finish the second game. Those schools will be able to schedule multiple games on their campuses only on a Saturday.
Highland is an exception, since it has lights.
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