We’ve been knocking on the door of the state championship for four years. It happened today in the most exciting, best quality of play I’ve seen in a long time. After more than two hours on the pitch, two extra time periods and a PK shoot out, NUSA was crowned the D1 Tennessee State Champions!
And the fam drove in to see it!
Keagan had the biggest cheering section of the team!
These boys have been playing together for years hopping from club to club and coach to coach. They had one goal, win State, and last May they agreed to move together to NUSA for the best chance to do just that.
It paid off!
It was one of the coldest games I have sat through, but it wasn’t until we got in the car that I even noticed my toes were cold. Two overtime periods and a PK shoot out will do that!
Winning state and holding the championship cup has been Keagan’s dream for several years. I thought for sure the dream was over when in the first overtime period, Germantown scored two goals in about five minutes, and then proceeded to run down the sideline taunting both players and parents yelling, “It’s over! It’s done! It’s too easy.” But our boys persevered and came back to score two goals of their own in the next overtime period, and you better believe we countered with, “It’s too easy!” When Bennett scored the last pk, the sidelines went wild, and we celebrated with, “It’s done!”
We relived the entire game at the house, on the couch, while watching football. We might do it again tomorrow.
Congratulations Keagan! Now let’s win Regionals!
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