Editor’s note: Phoenix Rising FC’s 20-game winning streak not only made history in the USL Championship, but became acknowledged as the longest winning streak in North American professional soccer history.

And for all the column inches devoted to the club’s incredible run, the images captured by internationally renowned local photographer Grace Stufkosky provide an honest, gritty look at a streak which began on May 10 against Rio Grande Valley FC and continued all the way to its 20th win against the LA Galaxy II on September 14.

Here are some of Stufkosky’s favorite images from the club’s run, and in her words, what made them stand out.