City, soccer league battle over match sites

SCRAP THEIR SOCCER SEASON BECAUSE THEY DON T HAVE A FIELD TO PLAY ON THE LEAGUE SAYS IT S THE CITY S FAULT BUT CITY OFFICIALS SAY DON T BLAME THEM JEFF MAHER HAS BOTH SIDES OF THE FIGHT it s like one of the only sports I can do TEANNA SALAZAR AND HER LITTLE BROTHER BOTH PLAY IN THE PREMIER SOCCER ACADEMY LEAGUE ONE OF ALBUQUERQUE S BIGGEST LEAGUES FOR KIDS FROM 3 INTO THEIR TEENS TEANNA AND HER BROTHER SHOULD ALREADY BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS INTO THEIR SPRING SEASON WHICH IS USUALLY HELD AT BARELAS PARK NEAR SECOND AND BRIDGE BUT THEY RE NOT IN FACT THEY RE TWO OF 1700 KIDS NOT PLAYING AT ALL i ve had a lot of fun with the kids on my team and if we don t get a field then we ll have to go into different teams and I won t get to see them much TEANNA S FATHER TONY COACHES HIS DAUGHTER S AND SON S TEAMS HE SAYS RECENTLY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LEAGUE CHRISTOPHER HORNER SENT AN EMAIL TO THE COACHES SAYING THE ENTIRE SPRING SEASON IS IN JEOPARDY BECAUSE THE CITY IS NOT HELPING HIM FIND A FIELD the fact that we re even having this issue is proof that we need more space to play soccer in Albuquerque CITY OFFICIALS AGREE THERE S A SHORTAGE OF FIELDS BUT SAY THEY VE OFFERED HORNER THREE DIFFERENT FIELDS TO PLAY AT ALREADY AND SAY HE HAS NOT FILED THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK OR BOTHERED TO SHOW UP AT IMPORTANT MEETINGS TO CHOOSE A FIELD THEY SAY HORNER IS ALSO NOT WILLING TO PLAY AT MORE THAN ONE FIELD DURING A SEASON -- WHICH IS UNAVOIDABLE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SOCCER FIELDS the only way we can make it work is for everybody to place and to give and take a little bit and nobody gets to have one dedicated field large or small it s also first come first serve JEFF MAHER EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE FAILED TO RETURN OUR CALLS TODAY THE PLAYERS HAVE PAID ABOUT 60 DOLLARS EACH FOR THE LEAGUE NO WORD IF THEY LL GET THAT MONEY BACK WE CHECKED THE LEAGUE S WEB SITE TONIGHT IT SAYS THEY HOPE TO START PLAYING A 9-GAME SCHEDULE ON SATURDAY -- THREE DAYS FROM NOW BUT THERE S STILL NO SCHEDULE -- AND STILL NO MENTION OF WHAT FIELDS THEY LL